what is the general use of PARM? Give an explanation about
the system defined parameters that could be passed through
this PARM like XREF,LIST,LET,APOST,RENT etc..

Answer Posted / nk

PARM is a way to pass data into a program without defining
a file for it. The parms listed are used to pass to COBOL
compiler.

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