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i have a variable block which is used in my cobol program as input file having records of 4080 after compilation while runing the program im getiing file attribut mismatch and it is saying tht the record length of the file is 4084 can any one knw the answer how to reslove it ?

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whn do i get soc7 abend while moving alphanumeric to numeric or while moving numeric to aplhanumeric please reply ASAP?

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HOW TO MOVE REDEFINES CLAUSE FROM INPUT TO OUTPUT ?

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Did anybody attend the walkin of TCS on 31st July in Gurgaon for any technology,If u have completed 3 round i.e till the HR round,have u received the Offer letter yet? Please let me know.Thanks.

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TYPES OF SORTINGS. which is more prefarable.

Syntel, TCS,

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can i use multiple when statements in search & search all ? justify ur answer?

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Which is the best IBM mainframe Training Institute in Ameerpet, Hyderabad

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If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first? Actually in which topic will we use dis???Plz explain it clearly

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At the minimum, which division of COBOL is enough to be coded?

CTS,

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Define REDEFINE clause and Is it possible to have the redefine clause anywhere in the working storage section for a data name?

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Consider the below example call a-test1. -- -- -- a-test1. if a=b perform a-test through a-exit next sentence else if b=c perform c-test through c-exit. if a=d perform d-test through d-exit. a-test. -- -- a-exit. exit. can u tell me what will happen if a=b after looping into a-exit will the control go back to a- test1. will the condition a=d be checked???

IBM,

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here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

IBM,

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how we can reverse the string in the cobol for example satheesh can be reveresed as hseehtas

IBM,

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1.What is the default print format in cobol?

HSBC,

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. How do we cast a variable in COBOL

HSBC,

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How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the ksds file records into your cobol program?

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how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

1100

What is comp-1 and comp-2?

1230

What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

1205

Why would you use find and get rather than to obtain?

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can anybody post me about file-aid and changemen tools pls and give me reference if any mainframe guys are there

2375

Have you used comp and comp-3 in your project? And how?

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Whats the difference between search & search ALL?

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Can you please let me know the centre name of INS certification in Kolkata.

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what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

3054

how do you reference the esds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1216

what is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any)?

1149

What is difference between static and dynamic call in cobol?

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Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1254

what is s000 u4087 error? please give the all error codes in cobol,jcl.

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