Answer / saravanan

variable lenth means record should be in different format
(lenth).but the first 4 bytes only taken as a record lenth.
fixed lenth means we have declaring a record lenth.

Answer / udaya bharathi

fixed length file contains same record length for all
records.but in variable length files length of the record
varies ,it can be useful in such cases we are not sure
about the length of the output file to be generated

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When can the USING phrase be included in the call statement ?

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How to remove 2 duplicate records and copy only one using job control language?

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What is the difference between COMP & COMP-3 ?

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why we are using picture clause in the cobol programs?

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db2 variable decimal(15,2) what is the equalent size of cobol variable

2 Answers   Syntel,

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Can we redefine the field of x(200) to less than 200?

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3 Answers   TCS,

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Move Zeroes to I move 5 to j perform para1 varying I from 10 by -2 until I = 0 display j. para1. Add 5 to j. What’ll be the value after execution of display stmt. A) 35 B) 40 C) 30 D) 25 please explain how?

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What is 77 level used for ?

12 Answers   IBM, iGate,

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what is the use of filler in cobol programing?

4 Answers   MAT,

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