What will happen if a variable is declared as below..
Explain with an example?
Working storage section:-
01 WS-VARX PIC X(9) VALUE SPACES.
01 WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(9).
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Answer Posted / lalit
I am agreed with Rookie. It will abend if any mathematical
operation like add, subtract will be performed with
variable WS-VARX, but if any mathematical operation is
performed using WS-VARN then it will not abend because it
is numeric in nature.
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