Answer Posted / lalith

Working storage section:-
01 WS-VARX PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES.
01 WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(9).

REDEFINES: It is used to save the memory space....

ur declearing like that ws-varn will take the same memory
of ws-varx...

when u used display statement
DISPLAY WS-VARN
it shows the spaces... WS-VARN will take same memory of WS-
VARX irrespective of data type....

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