We know that size of redefine and redefining need not to be same..Then does the

We know that size of redefine and redefining need not to be
same..Then does the below case true

01 ws-date pic 9(6).
01 ws-redf-date REDEFINES ws-date
05 ws-year pic 9(4)
05 ws-mon pic 9(2)
05 ws-day pic 9(2)

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We know that size of redefine and redefining need not to be same..Then does the below case true ..

Answer / bkk

Yes, It is true because the size of the variable which is
redefining can have same or more than the size of the
original variable and it can be a group or an elementary
variable.
thanks for posting
bkk

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