Can a REDEFINES clause be used along with an OCCURS clause?
if yes,
01 WS-TABLE.
03 WS-TABLE-EL OCCURS 5 TIMES PIC X(1) VALUE 'A'.
03 WS-EX REDEFINES WS-TABLE-EL PIC X(5). What can you
expect?
if no,why?
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Answer / guest
Hi All,
The following combinations are possible with REDEFINES and
OCCURS clause.
1.Variable at level 01 can be redefined.
2.VALUE clause cannot be used along with the REDEFINES
clause.
3.Variable having OCCURS clause cannot be REDEFINED.
4.Variable at level 01 cannot have OCCURS clause.
Please correct if any of the above points are wrong.
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Answer / vikas sharma
This clause work as when u have define this another 01 level..
We can not define like this...
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Answer / vikas sharma
Yes, We Can.
In this question, When we display WS-EX we will get the
answer 5 times A. Like this AAAAA .
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Answer / sunil
This works on MF-COBOL
Display WS-EX will display AAAAA
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Answer / anoop
It is possible to use redefine class along with OCCURS
class, but you cannot redefine a table directly. So the
above code wont work.
01 ws-table
03 ws-table-el redefines ws-ex occurs 5 times pic x(1).
This is valid one.
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