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PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS
VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2
AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B>2
AFTER C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C<2
How many times the paragraph ACCUMULATE-TOTALS would be
exicuted?

Question Posted / suman

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PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2 AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B&g..

Answer / shakilaashwin

PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS
VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2
AFTER B FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL B>2
AFTER C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C<2.

ACCUMULATE-TOTALS.
ADD 1 TO ACCUMULATE-CNT.
DISPLAY 'A - ' , A.
DISPLAY 'B - ' , B.
DISPLAY 'C - ' , C.


Ans is 2 - The loop will be executed until all the condition
(A > 2, B > 2, C < 2) becomes True.

Execution : 1 Condition is
A - 1 True
B - 1 True
C - 2 False

Execution : 2
A - 1 False
B - 2 True
C - 2 False

When going for 3rd execution - No condition Will be True

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 2 No

PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2 AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B&g..

Answer / vel

2 times

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 0 No

PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2 AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B&g..

Answer / guy

2 times.But how

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 0 No

PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2 AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B&g..

Answer / shan

looping happens for following values of
A, B, C
1, 1, 2 = 1st
1, 2, 2 = 2nd
2, 1, 2 = 3rd
2, 2, 2 = 4th

So totally four times this will get executed

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 3 No

PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2 AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B&g..

Answer / shailendra

i think it will work once

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 2 No

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