A maximum of 100 chars can be passed to Cobol through Parm
in JCL, If we want to pass more than 100 Chars how we can
do it ?

Answer Posted / sweetie

As the PARM parameter is not able to pass more that 100
chars, we have to pass the parameter thru Instream with the
help of SYSIN DD *

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