What will happen if a variable is declared as below..
Explain with an example? Working storage section:-

01 WS-VARX PIC X(10) VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJ'.
01 WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(5) VALUE '12345'.

What will happen I am going to Display the WS-VARX and WS-
VARN?

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What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage sec..

Answer / mallikarjun

WE CANNOT GIVE VALUE CLAUSE IN THE SECOND STATEMENT I.E.
WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(5) VALUE '12345' . IF YOU
SPECIFY VALUE CLAUSE SYSTEM WILL SHOW AN ERROR, IF YOU
SPECIFY WITH OUT VALUE CLAUSE I.E.
WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(5).
THEN IF YOU GIVE DISPLAY STATEMENT THEN ABCDEFGHIJ AND
ABCDE WILL BE DISPLAYED

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What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage sec..

Answer / mallikarjun

if you use redefines in your statement the numeric
declaration will be over rided and stored as charechter, i
have testing this practically

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What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage sec..

Answer / sandy

Mallikarjun is 100% correct

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What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage sec..

Answer / neela

Hi KHB Naidhu,
pic x means it should be alphanumeric
pic 9 means it should be Numeric

so we have to move numeric values also to the pic x

for this qtion is correct what was explained my
mallikarjuna.

regards
Neela

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What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage sec..

Answer / khbnaidu

Mallikarjun Ur answer is wrong because of WS-VARN is Numric
field & how will display the ABCDE result?

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What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage sec..

Answer / siva

WS-VARX = 12345FGHIJ
WS-VARN = 12345

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