what is the purpose of linkage section?
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Answer / ananta bajpai
it is the section of data division. it is used for linking
two cobol sub-programes(call calling )as well as passing
the value from jcl by parm parameter.
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Answer / srinivas adilapuram
Linkage section is used to define any data passed across
programs.
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Answer / sivakumar sekharannair
i feel Anantha's answer sounds good. Linkage section is
used to pass data between programs and also between jcl and
program.
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Answer / suresh
linkage-section is used to define the storage that is to be
passed between the programs.
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Answer / pooja
Linkage- section is used to access the data which is sent
from external program. JCL can send maximum 100 characters
to a program thru PARM.
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linkage section is used to pass the data from jcl to
application program. by using parm parameter we can send max
100 characters to the application program. if we mention
the parm parameter we have to define the linkage section.
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Answer / arun
Linkage Section is used to transfer the control between the sub-programs( calling and called)and also to Pass the value from JCL using PARM
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