COBOL INSPECT TALLYING FOR ALL SPACES

 

INSPECT TALLYING FOR ALL SPACES
 
 
The following COBOL program depicts the use of 
INSPECT TALLYING FOR ALL SPACES
 
       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. PGM027.
       AUTHOR. MAINFRAMEWIZARD.
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01 TEST-STRING PIC X(40) VALUE SPACES.
       01 WS-COUNTER  PIC 9(9)  VALUE ZEROES.
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
       10000-MAIN-PARA.
             MOVE ' INSPECT TALLYING DEPICTED BY MAINFRAMEWIZARD.COM'
              TO  TEST-STRING
             INSPECT TEST-STRING TALLYING WS-COUNTER FOR ALL SPACES
             DISPLAY 'ALL SPACES COUNT IS = ' WS-COUNTER
             STOP RUN.
 
 
The output of the program is 
 
 
ALL SPACES COUNT IS = 000000005