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We know that size of redefine and redefining need not to be
same..Then does the below case true

01 ws-date pic 9(6).
01 ws-redf-date REDEFINES ws-date
05 ws-year pic 9(4)
05 ws-mon pic 9(2)
05 ws-day pic 9(2)

Question Posted / rajesh_m13


We know that size of redefine and redefining need not to be same..Then does the below case true ..

Answer / bkk

Yes, It is true because the size of the variable which is
redefining can have same or more than the size of the
original variable and it can be a group or an elementary
variable.
thanks for posting
bkk

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