Answer / raghu

all the abended jobs will come to abend aid tool ,if we have that tool.

I want to declare a field with data type Double in my COBOL program. how shall i do that ?

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If we put three reads in COBOL in the same para one after the other, to read a PS file,will it read the same record thrice or it will read three records sequentially? For example : Input File 01 02 03 Para 900 Read infile Display Infile rec Read infile Display infile rec Read infile Display infile rec. What will be the output?

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What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search?

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Can we use icetool in cobol program?

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a. Can the OPTIONAL clause in COBOL only be coded for input files? b. If it is coded for files opened in OUTPUT, I-O or EXTEND mode, will it give a compilation error? c. If there are no compilation errors and if such files are not coded in the JCL, will the OPEN statement run fine when these files are opened? d. How will a WRITE statement work for the above files?

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What is the significance of the PROGRAM-ID paragraph? If this name doesnt match with the name of the COBOL program, does it make a difference? Is the name specified in the PROGRAM-ID paragraph used as a name for the load module or any such thing?

4 Answers   IBM,

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Explain how to differentiate call by context by comparing it to other calls?

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There is a variable with value 19446. Requirement is to convert it to 194.46. I tried it by doing divide by 100 and my receiving field data type is 9(03)v99. But the output is 194. I am not getting the decimal value. Could anyone pls let me know how to get this done?

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subscript and index r not coded in u r application program what will happen?

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What is Pic 9v99 Indicates in COBOL?

0 Answers   SwanSoft Technologies,

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The order of precedence of arithmetic operators in an expression can be overridden with the use of (a) [] (b) () (c) {} (d) Any of the above

3 Answers   TCS,

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how many times PARA-A is performed : PERFORM PARA-A VARYING TIMES-COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL TIMES-COUNTER >0 PARA-A MOVE P TO Q MOVE H TO TIMES COUNTER a.10 b.1 c.11 d.0

4 Answers   TCS,

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