If by mistake we MOVE a working storage variable into
LINKAGE area. What will happen??

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If by mistake we MOVE a working storage variable into LINKAGE area. What will happen??..

Answer / rekha

at compilation time only it will give a warning message that
the variable or data item that did not have a addressability
if you ignore the warning message and proceeds with runcobol
then it will produce a S0C4 error message.

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If by mistake we MOVE a working storage variable into LINKAGE area. What will happen??..

Answer / hari

The problems outcome may be different.
A few cases where i found this reason, the problem that was
occuring was a SOC4 Abend.

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If by mistake we MOVE a working storage variable into LINKAGE area. What will happen??..

Answer / manasamurari

mismatch of sending variables will lead to soc4 abend

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If by mistake we MOVE a working storage variable into LINKAGE area. What will happen??..

Answer / dharma

If we pass the value of working storage variable to LInkage
variable and that variable uses as input to the another sub
program nothing will happen.

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