In a file if a column account number conatain value 0001234.. how can we move the value to another variable without zero. value may contain any type such as 00123405. we need the value 1234 or 12305. how can we do that in cobol. Please help.
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Answer / mahesh satya
variable pic 9(08).
perform varying I from 1 by 1 until I < 8 or found
IF VARIABLE(I:1) not = 0 then
compute actual = 8 - I
move VARIABLE(I: actual) to NEW_VARIABLE
set found to true
end-if
end-perform
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