01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd'
01 b pic 9(3)
can we move from a to b.if possible what would be stored in
b.

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01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd' 01 b pic 9(3) can we move from a to b.if possible what would..

Answer / chuvabe

no. cannot. because b is numeric. alpanumeric cannot move
to numeric field.

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01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd' 01 b pic 9(3) can we move from a to b.if possible what would..

Answer / shibin shah

alpha numeric value cant be stored in integer data type ....
so b will b contain junk valueeee...

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01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd' 01 b pic 9(3) can we move from a to b.if possible what would..

Answer / shiva

no we cannot move alphabet in to a numeric field....

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01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd' 01 b pic 9(3) can we move from a to b.if possible what would..

Answer / sadaf rehan

abc will moved to a and 'd' will get teminating

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01 a pic x(4) value 'abcd' 01 b pic 9(3) can we move from a to b.if possible what would..

Answer / manish shelke

YES, we can move . But the a will contained only ABC and D
will get truncated

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