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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