how you will define variables length in cobol.
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Answer / shamina
We can define variable length in cobol in the File section
as :
RECORDING MODE IS V OR VB ( where V stands for variable and
VB stands for variable block )
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Answer / sree
The variable length in cobol can be defined as s9(4) usage
comp.
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Answer / app
file section.
fd recseqv
recording mode is v
record varying from 3 to 80 characters.
01 recseqv-fd-record pic x
occurs 3 to 80 times
depending on ws-record-length.
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