Answer / Abhay Jindal

The following COBOL program demonstrates a Size Error due to a variable being declared with an incorrect length:nnIDENTIFICATION DIVISION.nPROGRAM-ID. SizeErrorExample.nENVIRONMENT DIVISION.nINPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.nDATA DIVISION.nWORKING-STORAGE SECTION.n01 WS-NAME PIC X(20).nPROCEDURE DIVISION.nDISPLAY 'Enter your name:'nACCEPT WS-NAME.nDISPLAY 'Your Name is: ' WS-NAME.nSTOP RUN.

Hi all, I have a following requirement to write the cobol program. I have to load the 129 variables from input sequential file which are in excel sheet to the cobol inernal table. and after loading into table i have to compare this data with the business file. here compare means controlling the data whether the format(numeric,alpha) is same in the business file and in the table??? i have the same data in input and business file. could anyone please give me any idea of the logic?// i have all the 129 different variables(129rows,1 column)is there .

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