I have to change a program. This program is calling a
subroutine mor than 100times within it. so will it have any
performance issue? if yes than what changes i can make.
Thanx for ur valuable answer.

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I have to change a program. This program is calling a subroutine mor than 100times within it. so w..

Answer / jayaprabhu

Your program may call 100 times are more than that it does
not affect the Performance issue .

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I have to change a program. This program is calling a subroutine mor than 100times within it. so w..

Answer / syam

Your Question not clear. Why you are calling program any
data validation? Only to validate you can use dataarea also.

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