When the working storage variables get allocated?
a.At Compile time
b.At starting of the run time
c.At end of the run time.
d.None of these

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time ..

Answer / kb

At compile time the working storage is allocated

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time ..

Answer / shiva

in working-storage section...
we declare temporary variables...which are used in progam...
so all temporary variables get resolved during compilation...

where as fields declared in linkage-section..get allocated
during execution time r runtime

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time ..

Answer / natarajan

at compile time

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time ..

Answer / suresh ramaiyan

Working storage variables will get allocated when the
program is start running.

so answer would be B. At starting of the run time.

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time ..

Answer / kumar

a.compile time

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When the working storage variables get allocated? a.At Compile time b.At starting of the run time ..

Answer / siddesh

I think at run time

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