A field declared as P8 needs to be redefined as
Alphanumeric. What would be its new size?

Answer Posted / ajmina gilani

New size should be A5, as P8 will take 5 byte to store. But
when I have tested with redefining P8 by A5, it is not
displaying proper value for redefind veriable.

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