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diffrence between z(2) and z9(2)

Cap Gemini,

4 23572

9(2).99 how many bytes take? Why . consider as a byte?

2 7660

what is difference between the sysabend and userabend?

2 7699

which one is the best of com and com-3.using of real time ?

Cap Gemini,

7 13118

where do u use low-value and high value in cobol

CGI,

3 23567

how can u redefine picx(10) with pic 9(6).

TCS,

3 10175

I HAVE FOLLOWING DECLARATION. 02. A PIC X(10) VALUE 'XXXXXXXXXX'. 02. B REDEFINES A. 05. C PIC X(3). 05. D PIC X(3). 05. E PIC 9(3). IN MY PROG, I HAVE MOVE 1 TO E. DISPLAY A. WHAT WILL BE DISPLAYED AS A RESULT OF THIS? PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ANSWER. THANKS.

Amdocs,

7 12022

01 x pic s9(8) comp. How will the following value be internally allocated '18787'

Steria,

4 10579

When and how can we use index & subscript ?

2 6513

i want to store 20 digits . h will u do it in cobol ?

TCS,

4 11943

What is R-mode and A-mode?

TCS,

3 10913

Hi , I am posting some questons which are asked at interview. These may help u for ur interview... what is static and dynamic call?

TCS,

2 5893

Hi, My interviewer ask A calls B and C calls B, a and b are static c and b are dynamic.what happens if they compile and execute at same time.

iGate,

3 9604

subscript and index r not coded in u r application program what will happen?

2 6162

here is my compile and link edit steps in a jcl //COMPILE1 JOB (3CUS,S),'CCDM TEST' //STEPNAME EXEC PGM=IGYCRCTL,PARM='DYNAM,RENT,LIB,OBJECT, // OFFSET,APOST,OPTIMIZE',REGION=4096K //STEPLIB DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB,DISP=SHR //SYSIN DD DSNAME=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT3 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT4 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT5 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT6 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSUT7 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(10,(10,10)) //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSNAME=&&LOAD,DISP=(MOD,PASS),UNIT=SYSDA, // SPACE=(10,(10,10)),DCB=BLKSIZE=400 //LKED EXEC PGM=IEWL,REGION=1024K //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A //SYSLIB DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.COB(PGM1),DISP=SHR //SYSLMOD DD DSN=PM7351.TEST2.LOADLIB, // DISP=SHR //SYSUT1 DD UNIT=SYSDA,DCB=BLKSIZE=1024,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)) //SYSTERM DD SYSOUT=* //SYSLIN DD DSN=&&LOAD,DISP=(OLD,DELETE) //SYSIN DD DUMMY i am getting IEW2013I 0F08 NO MEMBER NAME WAS SPECIFIED. MODULE WAS SAVED USING TEMPNAM1. could any one tell me the resolution for this..?

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How to print 10 to 1 if the input have only 10 digit number?

1261

What guidelines should be followed to write a structured cobol prgm?

1148

What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usage?

1199

i have 10 names in an array and my name is one of them also array is not in sorted order i need to display my name using index how will i do this

1534

Difference between array and sub-script ?

1656

what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

9104

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. UPDT. AUTHOR.anbu. DATE-WRITTEN. AUG 13. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION. FILE-CONTROL. SELECT CMSTR ASSIGN TO CINP1 ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED ACCESS IS SEQUENTIAL RECORD KEY CM2-KEY FILE STATUS IS WS-CMSTR-FST. SELECT CTAB ASSIGN TO CINP2 ORGANIZATION IS ACCESS IS SEQUENTIAL RECORD KEY VSAM-WHSE- KEY FILE STATUS IS WS-CTAB- FST. DATA DIVISION. FILE SECTION. FD CMSTR. COPY RXCYFC20. FD CTAB. COPY AITYWHSE. ************************************************************ ****** *** WORKING STORAGE VARIABLES *** ************************************************************ ****** WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 WS- VARIABLES. 05 WS-EB PIC X(02) VALUE ZEROES. 05 WS-DIV PIC 9(03) VALUE ZEROES. 05 WS-CMF-RECS-REWRITTEN PIC 9(01) VALUE ZERO. *** FILE STATUS VARIABLES *** 05 WS- FILESTATUS. 10 WS-CMSTR-FST PIC 9(02) VALUE ZEROES. 10 WS-CTAB-FST PIC 9(02) VALUE ZEROES. *** END OF FILE VARIABLES *** 05 WS-CMSTR-EOF PIC X(01) VALUE 'N'. 88 WS-CMSTR-EOF-YES VALUE 'Y'. 88 WS-CMSTR-EOF-NO VALUE 'N'. 05 WS-CTAB-EOF PIC X(01) VALUE 'N'. 88 WS-CTAB-EOF-YES VALUE 'Y'. 88 WS-CTAB-EOF-NO VALUE 'N'. **** ERROR VARIABLES **** 05 WC-ABEND-900 PIC 9(03) VALUE 900. 05 WE-ERR-CODE PIC 9(02) VALUE ZEROES. 05 WE-ABEND-CODE PIC 9(03) VALUE ZEROES. ************************************************************ **** ********* PROCEDURE DIVISON ********** ************************************************************ **** PROCEDURE DIVISION. 0000- BEGIN. PERFORM 1000-INITIALISE THRU 1000- EXIT. PERFORM 2000-PROCESS THRU 2000- EXIT UNTIL WS-CMSTR-EOF- YES. DISPLAY 'WS-CMF-RECS-REWRITTEN :' WS-CMF-RECS- REWRITTEN. PERFORM 5000-CLOSE THRU 5000- EXIT. GOBACK. 0000- EXIT. EXIT. 1000- INITIALISE. OPEN I-O CMSTR. EVALUATE WS-CMSTR- FST WHEN 00 WHEN 97 CONTINUE WHEN OTHER DISPLAY 'ERROR IN READING INPUT FILE: ' DISPLAY WS-CMSTR-FST MOVE WS-CMSTR-FST TO WE-ERR-CODE PERFORM 9999-ABEND-PARA THRU 9999-EXIT END-EVALUATE. OPEN INPUT CTAB. EVALUATE WS-CTAB-FST WHEN 00 WHEN 97 CONTINUE WHEN OTHER DISPLAY 'ERROR IN READING INPUT FILE: ' DISPLAY WS-CTAB-FST MOVE WS-CTAB-FST TO WE-ERR-CODE PERFORM 9999-ABEND-PARA THRU 9999-EXIT END-EVALUATE. 1000-EXIT. EXIT. 2000-PROCESS. READ CMSTR. EVALUATE WS-CMSTR-FST WHEN 00 CONTINUE WHEN 10 SET WS-CMSTR-EOF-YES TO TRUE GO TO 2000-EXIT WHEN OTHER DISPLAY 'ERROR IN READING INPUT FILE: ' DISPLAY WS-CMSTR-FST MOVE WS-CMSTR-FST TO WE-ERR-CODE PERFORM 9999-ABEND-PARA THRU 9999-EXIT END-EVALUATE IF CM2-RECORD-TYPE-SOLD-TO MOVE CM2-ENTERING-BRANCH TO WS-EB PERFORM 3000-READ THRU 3000-EXIT UNTIL WS-CTAB-EOF-YES END-IF. 2000-EXIT. EXIT. 3000-READ. MOVE WS-EB TO VSAM-WHSE-CD. MOVE 'WHSE' TO VSAM-WHSE-ID. READ CTAB. EVALUATE WS-CTAB-FST WHEN 00 MOVE WHSE-DIV-CODE TO WS-DIV PERFORM 4000-REWRITE-CMF THRU 4000-EXIT WHEN 10 SET WS-CTAB-EOF-YES TO TRUE GO TO 3000-EXIT WHEN OTHER DISPLAY 'ERROR IN READING TABLE FILE: ' DISPLAY WS-CTAB-FST MOVE WS-CTAB-FST TO WE-ERR-CODE PERFORM 9999-ABEND-PARA THRU 9999-EXIT END- EVALUATE. 3000- EXIT. EXIT. 4000-REWRITE- CMF. IF WS-DIV = 250 OR 252 MOVE 'F' TO CM2-FREIGHT- TYPE MOVE 1 TO CM2-FREIGHT-THRESHOLD- AMT ADD +1 TO WS-CMF-RECS- REWRITTEN REWRITE CM2-SOLD-TO- RECORD DISPLAY 'RECORD UPDATED' END- IF. * EVALUATE WS-CMSTR- FST * WHEN 00 * CONTINUE * WHEN OTHER * DISPLAY 'FILE NOT UPDATED' * DISPLAY WS-CMSTR- FST * MOVE WS-CMSTR-FST TO WE-ERR-CODE * PERFORM 9999-ABEND-PARA THRU 9999-EXIT * GO TO 4000-EXIT * END-EVALUATE. 4000-EXIT. EXIT. 5000-CLOSE. CLOSE CMSTR CTAB. 5000-EXIT. EXIT. 9999-ABEND-PARA. COMPUTE WE-ABEND-CODE = WC-ABEND-900 + WE-ERR-CODE CALL 'ILBOABN0' USING WE-ABEND-CODE GO TO 5000-CLOSE. 9999-EXIT. EXIT. 5000-CLOSE. CLOSE CMSTR CTAB. 5000-EXIT. EXIT. 9999-ABEND-PARA. COMPUTE WE-ABEND-CODE = WC-ABEND-900 + WE-ERR-CODE CALL 'ILBOABN0' USING WE-ABEND-CODE GO TO 5000-CLOSE. 9999-EXIT. EXIT. //this program is giving maxcc=0, but not updating..

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What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL programming?

1115

Give some examples of command terminators?

1255

In which area will you utilize 88 level items in cobol?

1161

How to remove 2 duplicate records and copy only one using job control language?

1218

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1180

What is inspect in cobol ?

1298

How to fetch 1000 error records from VSAM file(Eg: 1000000 records present) while getting SOC7 abend ?

2469

HOw can I get the negative sign while deduct high value from low value

2255

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