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COBOL Interview Questions

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I have two files , file1 is input file it contains 10,20,30,....,records but i want to display the records in file 2 as reverse order .how can we do by using jcl& cobol(dont use array) please any one can tell me the answer

GreenTree, IBM,

3 9795

write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.

IBM,

2 6465

wirte a pgm in using files in which we hav 10 ,20,30 40...100 records in inputfile and i want them to be send to outputfile in reverse order. PLZ HELP ME OUT .........THIS IS A RECENT QUESTION IN IGATE..

iGate,

5 9935

if a=b how the flow will complete??? perform test through test-exit. perform activa through activa-exit. test. if a=b then next sentence else move a to c. test-exit. exit. activa. -- -- activa-exit. exit.

IBM,

1 4539

write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.THIS IS IGATE RECENT QUESTIONN.....JUST 1 WEEK BACKKKK...

iGate,

5 20045

how many maximum no of variables can be declared in linkage section ?

HCL,

2 6616

what are the isolation levels and where we use it in the db2 program

TCS,

3 8162

what is scope terminator

IBM,

2 6013

how many bytes does a s9(12)COMP-4 field occupy?? a.2 b.4 c.8 d.1 ans with reason please

2 8488

can anyone explain me the concept of COMP-4 PLEASE??

2 5129

can internal sort be applied to sort ksds files?

1 5490

I have a field with data type X(10). I want to perform arithmetic operation on this field? I tried doing it by moving the value into a numeric field. but it didn't work out. I am getting a S0C7 abend. Pls let me know if there is any way of getting this done?

ADP,

2 5465

1 4513

There is a variable with value 19446. Requirement is to convert it to 194.46. I tried it by doing divide by 100 and my receiving field data type is 9(03)v99. But the output is 194. I am not getting the decimal value. Could anyone pls let me know how to get this done?

2 6526

how to access the file from prodution from changeman tool and to submit a file to production

IBM,

1 7549

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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

How to remove the spaces at the end of each record in the output file of variable length, via cobol program?

1172

In COBOL, what is the different between index and subscript?

1245

What is the problem of ordered sequential files access?

1161

What is length is cobol?

1100

What are all the divisions of a COBOL program?

1219

What is rmode(24)

1146

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

1149

What is the Purpose of Pointer in the string?

1081

Differentiate cobol and cobol-ii. (Most of our programs are written in cobolii, so, it is good to know, how, this is different from cobol)?

1117

Can we change the password using ALTER? anyone tried and changed?

2021

What is redefines clause in COBOL?

1294

Define static linking and dynamic linking.

1195

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

1187

What is perform what is varying?

1177

Can we redefine the field of x(200) to less than 200?

1377

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