what if any ,is the syntex error in the following piece of code
01 B PIC A(7)
02 C PIC 9(4)
........
IF(B NUMERIC)
ADD 10 TO C
a.the condition in the if statement is wrong
b.noting is wrong
c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong
d.both B and C shoud have same size.

Answer Posted / ramesh

HI Vish,
We can use 02 level to describe C.
Only Mistake seems to be Wrong Syntax.
Thanks
Rameshkumar.H.K.
Infosys

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