What is the meaning of 'TALLING' verb in cobol?

Answer Posted / thomas vt

the right word is "TALLYING" and not "talling"

TALLYING IS THE COUNT OR NO OF OCCURANCES OF A CHARACTER IN
A STRINg.

for eg:
01 name pic x(7) value 'SUCCESS'
01 count pic 9(2).

INSPECT name TALLYING count FOR ALL 'S'.

and the result will be 3 in the variable "count".

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