The following COBOL program depicts the use of     01 WS-SUB  PIC 9 VALUE ZEROS.        PERFORM 20000-FIRST-PARA UNTIL WS-SUB=5        DISPLAY ‘PARA NAME IS  10000-FIRST-PARA’        DISPLAY ‘PARA NAME IS  20000-FIRST-PARA’. The ouput of the above […]
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INSPECT TALLYING FOR LEADING SPACES The following COBOL program depicts the use of INSPECT TALLYING FOR LEADING SPACES     01 TEST-STRING  PIC X(40) VALUE SPACES.     01 WS-COUNTER   PIC 9(9)  VALUE ZEROES.     01 SEARCH-STRING PIC X(2)  VALUE SPACES.        MOVE ‘
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How to pass data from COBOL to JCL Is it possible to pass data from COBOL to JCL? This is an interview question I read somewhere “; ; ; ; #2 Passing data from COBOL to JCL Well, COBOL can present/pass data to be used later in the job. . . You would need to clarify what you mean
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Which of the following is not a procedure division verb?  A)   Read B)   InsertC)   Delete D)   Start  Which of the following is false about the formal parameters in a subroutine? A)   Every formal parameter must appear in the linkage section of the subroutineB)   Every formal parameter must appear in the using phrase of
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The following COBOL program depicts the use of     01 STUDENT1-MARKS  PIC 999  VALUE ZEROS.     01 STUDENT2-MARKS  PIC 999  VALUE ZEROS.        MOVE 99  TO STUDENT1-MARKS.        MOVE 100  TO STUDENT2-MARKS.       Â
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Free COBOL compilers The following is a list of free COBOL compilers available in the market. Tiny COBOL Free Compiler Tiny COBOL is an Open source free COBOL compiler. This free COBOL compiler implements the standards of COBOL 85. Tiny COBOL compiler is portable and works well on different platforms and operating systems like FreeBSD,
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INITILIAZING A FILLER IN GROUP VARIABLE When we initialize a group level variable, the FILLERS which are under this group variable remains unaffected. As a result, the FILLERS retain their previous content even after the INITIALIZE statement. . Here if GROUP-VAR is initialized, the FILLER will not get initialized . ; ; ; ; In
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INSPECT TALLYING FOR ALL IDENTIFIER The following COBOL program depicts the use of INSPECT TALLYING FOR ALL IDENTIFIER     01 TEST-STRING  PIC X(40) VALUE SPACES.     01 WS-COUNTER   PIC 9(9)  VALUE ZEROES.     01 SEARCH-STRING PIC X(2)  VALUE SPACES.        MOVE ‘USE
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The following COBOL program depicts the use of     01 WS-SUB  PIC 9  VALUE ZEROS.           DISPLAY ‘WS-SUB IS EQUAL TO 4’           DISPLAY ‘WS-SUB IS EQUAL TO 5’           DISPLAY
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The following COBOL program depicts the use of     01 WS-SUB  PIC 9  VALUE ZEROS.        PERFORM 20000-FIRST-PARA VARYING WS-SUB FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL        DISPLAY ‘PARA NAME IS  10000-FIRST-PARA’        DISPLAY ‘VALUE OF WS-SUB IS
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