Re: 01 NAME1 PIC X(13) VALUE "COBOL PROGRAMMING". 01 NAME2
PIC X(13). now I want to display the value of NAME1 in
reverse order i.e value should be displayed as "GNIMMARGORP
LOBOC" HOW can I do that ??? please let me know if any one
knows it.

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Re: 01 NAME1 PIC X(13) VALUE "COBOL PROGRAMMING". 01 NAME2 PIC X(13). now I want to disp..

Answer / sruthi

Hi Subu,
first of all the size of the var NAME1 is 13. You are
passing more than 13 chars. Some data will be truncted.
There are 2 methods to reverse the string.
one is move reference modification.it is very lengthy
process and other is reverse function.
syntax: move function reverse(NAME1) to NAME2

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Re: 01 NAME1 PIC X(13) VALUE "COBOL PROGRAMMING". 01 NAME2 PIC X(13). now I want to disp..

Answer / praveen ellur

Reverse function in Cobol will do this for u.

Here is the syntax.
FUNCTION REVERSE ('COBOL PROGRAMMING')

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