INSPECT TALLYING FOR LEADING ZEROES

INSPECT TALLYING FOR LEADING ZEROES

The following COBOL program depicts the use of

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

PROGRAM-ID. PGM031.

AUTHOR. MAINFRAMEWIZARD.

DATA DIVISION.

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

01 TEST-STRING PIC X(40) VALUE SPACES.

01 WS-COUNTER PIC 9(9) VALUE ZEROES.

01 SEARCH-STRING PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

10000-MAIN-PARA.

MOVE '0000 THIS IS TEST STRING TO TEST LEADING ZEROES'

TO TEST-STRING

INSPECT TEST-STRING TALLYING WS-COUNTER FOR

LEADING ZEROES

DISPLAY 'COUNT OF LEADING ZEROES IS = '

WS-COUNTER

STOP RUN.

The output of the program is

COUNT OF LEADING ZEROES IS = 000000004