COBOL program to read the string ' BOMBAY' in reverse order as 'YABMOB'
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Answer / rashi
MOVE 'BOMBAY' TO WS-STRING.
INSPECT WS-STRING TALLYING WS-COUNT FOR ALL CHARACTERS
MOVE WS-COUNT TO WS-COUNT1.
MOVE 1 TO WS-COUNT2.
PERFORM VARYING WS-COUNT1 BY -1 UNTIL WS-COUNT1 = 0
MOVE WS-STRING(WS-COUNT1:1) TO WS-REV-STRING(WS-COUNT2:1)
ADD 1 TO WS-COUNT2
END-PERFORM.
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Answer / gouti
Yes We can By using the funtion reverse
01 MOVE FUNCTION REVERSE(WS-A) TO WS-B
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Answer / piyush kumar
We can use the reverse function in cobol for this
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Answer / meghraj hulawale
Data Division.
w-s-s.
77 str pic x (6) value 'BOMBAY'.
77 revstr pic x (6).
77 I pic 9 (1).
77 J pic 9 (1) value 1.
77 cnt pic 9 (1).
Procedure Division.
inspect str tallying cnt for all characters before initial space.
move cnt to I.
perform until I < 1
move str (I:1) to revstr (J:1)
add 1 to J
subtract 1 from I
end-perform.
Display revstr.
stop run.
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Answer / randy
Hi,
We can use Reverse function.
MOVE FUNCTION REVERSE(WS-STRING) TO WS-REV-STRING
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Answer / nanda
********************** Top of Data ***********
ID DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. ALLINONE.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-A PIC X(7) VALUE 'NANDA'.
01 WS-B PIC X(7).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MOVE FUNCTION REVERSE(WS-A) TO WS-B.
DISPLAY WS-B.
STOP RUN.
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Answer / sushree
id division.
prog-id. hello.
data division.
working-storage section.
01 ws-str pic A(6) value 'BOMBAY'.
01 ws-cnt pic 9(1).
01 ws-str1 pic A(1).
01 ws-str2 pic A(6) value space.
procedure division.
inspect ws-str tallying ws-cnt for all characters
display ws-cnt
perform until ws-cnt < 1
move ws-str3(ws-cnt:1) to ws-str1
string ws-str2 delimited by space
ws-str1 delimited by size
into ws-str3
compute ws-cnt = ws-cnt - 1
end-perform.
display ws-str3.
stop run.
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