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consider the following two statements
MOVE 10 TO N
PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES
STOP RUN
PARA-X
MOVE 5 TO N
how many times PARA-X willbe exicuted?
a.10
b.5
c.infinate
d.execution error

Question Posted / suman

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consider the following two statements MOVE 10 TO N PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES STOP RUN PAR..

Answer / guest

10

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consider the following two statements MOVE 10 TO N PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES STOP RUN PAR..

Answer / vineet pasricha

It will execute 10 times

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 0 No

consider the following two statements MOVE 10 TO N PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES STOP RUN PAR..

Answer / rams

I tried this code. It executed 11 times...

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 2 No

consider the following two statements MOVE 10 TO N PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES STOP RUN PAR..

Answer / pradeep

It will execute only 10 Times only

See Below Code

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. MOVEPGM.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-COUNT PIC 9(2).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
A1000-MAIN-PARA.
MOVE 10 TO WS-COUNT
PERFORM PARA-X WS-COUNT TIMES.
STOP RUN.
PARA-X.
DISPLAY "TEST1".
MOVE 5 TO WS-COUNT.

Output Looks like this:

COMMAND INPUT ===>
********************************* TOP OF DATA *****
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
TEST1
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ***

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 0 No

consider the following two statements MOVE 10 TO N PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES STOP RUN PAR..

Answer / raj

10 times

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 0 No

consider the following two statements MOVE 10 TO N PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES STOP RUN PAR..

Answer / rehan

I think it'll execute infinite times

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 2 No

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