Answer / ash

Subscript - refers to the array occurance

Index - refers to the byte position/displacement of the
occurance from the start of the array

Answer / sharath-hyd

INDEX is Displacement position of array data name.
Subscript is No. of occurenceof array data name.

Answer / raja

Subscript refers to the array occurrence while index is the
displacement (in no of bytes) from the beginning of the
array. An index can only be modified using PERFORM, SEARCH
& SET. Need to have index for a table in order to use
SEARCH, SEARCH ALL.

How many bytes S(8) comp field occupy and its maximum value?

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How can we increase the size of an existing PDS to include more no. of modules.

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study the following 01 A PIC 99V0 VALUE 5 01 B PIC 9V9 VALUE 6 01 C PIC 99V9 VALUE 2.5 01 D PIC 99 VALUE 3 COMPUTE A ROUNDED B C = A+B*C/D ON SIZE ERROR PERFORM PRINT-ERROR the comments of A.B.C after execution of the above statement are a.A=10 B=0 C=10 b.A=10 B=9.9 C=9.9 c.A=10 B=0 C=9.9 d.A=10 B=6 C=10

4 Answers   TCS,

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consider the following progrm statements MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1 DISPALY NO.OF.REC STOP RUN PRE-OUT READ IN-FILE AT END MOVE 1 TO SW WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayedafter the PERFORM is over?assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4) a.1000 b.1001 c.1 d.none of the above since there is a syntex error

4 Answers   TCS,

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Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

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I am sending values a and b with pic x(10) and pic x(10) by using call statement. In linkage section, I am receiving values with pic x(10) and pic x(11). Will my program fail? will it be compile error or run time abend?

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i have variable record in the 5th, i want to sort from 5th filed ? how ?

2 Answers   TCS,

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In A cobol program , we can use COPY Statement in FILE- SECTION / WORKING-STORAGE SECTION / ENVIRONMENT DIVIION basically what is the difference

3 Answers   IBM,

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sample code for read a 2nd record from last in flatfile how can do?

4 Answers   iNautix,

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How to remove the spaces at end of each record in the output file Via COBOL program? note: The file has a VB length

3 Answers   TCS,

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What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search?

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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. MOVEPGM. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 WS-I PIC 9(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. A1000-MAIN-PARA. PERFORM PARA-X WITH TEST BEFORE UNTIL WS-I= 5 STOP RUN. PARA-X. DISPLAY "BEST2". I m getting error s722,while executing the program, seems getting in loop, can anybody tell me why

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