Q:what is the difference between the variable length and
fixed lenght.how it varies in the cobol.

Answer Posted / kannan

hi,
vareable length record is the record contain different
format(length) but the first 4 bytes taking length of record.

the fixed length record must be declaring length otherwise
throw the error.so after fill the records md fields fillup
th e filler clause.

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