Answer / satishk

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The above answers are all wrong.
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Answer / sachin

COMP-4 and comp is similar to Binary
COMP-5 is for display usage type.. termed as native binary

Answer / thoms

comp
comp4
comp5
all of above stated usage clauses are used by cobol prog's
to store numeric values in a binary data formate inorder to
efficiently use memory.

Answer / anil prajapati

comp and comp-4 are synonyms

Answer / pal

Comp is computational clause
nothing but using the memory in a efficient way
i think there is no comp-4

Answer / satya sivaji

Computational clauses allows cobol programe to efficiently
represent the data internally.There are 5 forms of
representing data which are
1).Display(default)
2).Comp
3).Comp-1
4).Comp-2
5).Comp-3.
And there is no Comp-4.

If there are two files one with 100 records and other with 101 records. we have to find out the one record that is the odd man out . What are the steps to do it

7 Answers   BirlaSoft,

wht is packed decimal in cobol

2 Answers  

what is the meaning of pic 9(09)v99-

4 Answers   HSBC,

1.What is the default print format in cobol?

5 Answers   HSBC,

There is a production file which has millions of records in it.The program that uses it ends up with an SOC7 abend.It is sure that the abend is due to some invalid data in the file.Is there any way to debugg the SOC7 abend with out giving displays? I need the record which is cause for the abend.

8 Answers   Danske, iGate,

I have two sequential files, FILE-1 and FILE-2. FILE-1 contains 2 columns(A,B) and FILE-2 contains 3 columns (C,D,E).I want an output file, FILE-3 which has all five columns with duplicates eliminated from column A.

3 Answers  

What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search?

10 Answers  

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

2 Answers  

How is sign stored in a COMP field ?

3 Answers   Accenture,

can we use 77 level no for Redefines?if we use give an example?

3 Answers   Mphasis,

What is the difference between SEARCH and SEARCH ALL? What is more efficient?

9 Answers   IBM, iFlex, Wipro,

Wat is the difference between NEXT and CONTINUE statement in cobol,can any one explain with example.

11 Answers   Deloitte,