ZEROES and SPACES are _______ constants
(a) Figurative
(b) Numeric
(c) Non-numeric
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I have a COBOL main program which is calling sub program, the number of calling parameters used in main program are 4 whereas in sub program it's 5. Sub program is passing 5 parameters back to main program Will there be any compilation error? Or main program parameters displays junk values?
if a dataset is already created with fixed length but after that i want to change fixed length to variable length then how is it possible
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?
What is 77 level used for ?
In COBOL CALL-CALLING,if a program A is calling 3 sub- programs, dynamically, then it is said sub-programs will always will always in Initial Mode. My question is : Do we need to code CANCEL or (IS INITIAL) for dynamically called sub-programs or it is the property of Dynamically called pgms so every time sub-pgms are called they will be in initial mode. ***This question is only Dynamic call****, Please reply. Thank you in advance.
how do you reference the variable unblock file formats from cobol programs
I am getting S00F abend when i try to compare two variable of different pic class,one variable is of 9(09) and another is S9(09) comp-3. First i moved the data from S9(09) comp-3 to 9(09), but no luck. So i tried to move the data from S9(09) comp-3 to X (09) and move to 9(09). I am getting same error message, Please help me to find solution for this ptoblem. ERROR MESSAGE - "The system or user abend S00F R=NULL was issued."
if a>b continue display x. dispaly y. end-if display 1 display 2. display 3. what should be my output ?
Is it possible to mutliply a comp variable with an comp-3 variable. Will there be any error if i do it?
I got user abend U4038 while compiling my runjcl.. can anyone help me?
Are you comfortable in cobol or jcl?
What are decleratives in COBOL ?