Answer / mandozai

In cobol array starts with 1 not with 0

Answer / sandy

Not possible. It will throw compilation error.

Answer / jai ho

i think it will send soc4 abend bcoz a[0]
is out of bound.

Correct me

Answer / suresh ramaiyan

It will give compilation time error, as the compiler knows
the value of subscript when compile the program.
ex: A[0]

if you are accessing the same by subscript variable, then
it will give run time error.
ex: A[ws-cnt]

Answer / i go crazy

The compilation should be done with the compiler option SSRANGE. If NOSSRANGE is used, then we can use A(0) without any issue.

Answer / dev

Can u explain why it throws compilation error?

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