01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd'
01 b pic 9(3)
can we move from a to b.if possible what would be stored in
b.
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Answer / chuvabe
no. cannot. because b is numeric. alpanumeric cannot move
to numeric field.
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Answer / shibin shah
alpha numeric value cant be stored in integer data type ....
so b will b contain junk valueeee...
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Answer / shiva
no we cannot move alphabet in to a numeric field....
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Answer / sadaf rehan
abc will moved to a and 'd' will get teminating
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Answer / manish shelke
YES, we can move . But the a will contained only ABC and D
will get truncated
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