01 xxx pic 9(4).
01 yyy pic 9(6).

move 123456 into yyy.
move yyy to xxx.

display yyy.

what would be the value of yyy

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01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / jaganmohanreddy

HAI ALL U R WRITING DIFFERENT ANSWERS BUT THEY ARE ASKING
FOR YYY VALUE IT WONT BE CHANGED IT HAS VALUE OF 123456
BECAUSE ITS PIC CLAUSE IS 9(6) OK THEN DISPLAY YYY IT WIL
DISPLAY 123456 OK ANY DOUBTS

Is This Answer Correct ?    55 Yes 3 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / jaganmohanreddy

answer is 123456

Is This Answer Correct ?    38 Yes 4 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / v@m$i

YYY VALUE NOT CHANGE.
ie 123456

Is This Answer Correct ?    29 Yes 1 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / siba

In numeric number alingment is right to left
truncation is done in left side
the datatype size of y is 6
so value of y is 123456

Is This Answer Correct ?    14 Yes 2 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / adithya

YYY : 123456

XXX : 3456

Is This Answer Correct ?    12 Yes 0 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / gangadhara.m

numeric number alingment is right to left
truncation is done in left side
the datatype size of y is 6
so value of y is 123456

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 2 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / mahaveer

Here if u display YYY it will 123456
and if u display xxx it will 3456

Hope its clear

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 0 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / vishal

12345

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 9 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / vjay

we cannot move yyy to xxx ....see the data length

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 3 No

01 xxx pic 9(4). 01 yyy pic 9(6). move 123456 into yyy. move yyy to xxx. display yyy. wha..

Answer / v@m$i

OUTPUT:
----------
3456

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 15 No

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