You won't get AB3 as Output,Job will abend with SOC7 as you r moving

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 A PIC X(3) VALUE 'ABC'
01 B PIC 9(3).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MOVE A TO B.
STOP RUN.

OUTPUT IS: AB3
WHY AND HOW THIS IS HAPPENING.

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You won't get AB3 as Output,Job will abend with SOC7 as you
r moving Character to Numeric variable

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