what if any ,is the syntex error in the following piece of code
01 B PIC A(7)
02 C PIC 9(4)
........
IF(B NUMERIC)
ADD 10 TO C
a.the condition in the if statement is wrong
b.noting is wrong
c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong
d.both B and C shoud have same size.
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Answer / shri
Field 'B' is a group level field (Since field 'C' is
defined under it at 02 level. Now field 'B' being a group
level field cannot have PIC clause. This is first syntex
error.
Further the condition IF (B Numeric) is not a system error
and is a correct cobol statement
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Answer / vish
the syntax is wrong..a couple of mistakes...
1. The level of C is 02 which means it is a sublevel of B.
hat being the case B becomes the group level item and hence
the PIC clause for B is invalid.
2. The conditional statement is wrong, correct sysntax can
be either ib below:
IF (B IS NUMERIC)
ADD 10 TO C
IF B IS NUMERIC
ADD 10 TO C
Basically 'IS' is missing from the statement.
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Answer / ramesh
HI Vish,
We can use 02 level to describe C.
Only Mistake seems to be Wrong Syntax.
Thanks
Rameshkumar.H.K.
Infosys
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Answer / ts nithiyanandan
answer is a
IF B Numeric (correct syntax)
IF (B Numeric) (incorrect syntax)
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