What will happen if we move SPACES to numeric field and
ZEROES to alphabetic field?

Answer Posted / ram.g

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anything you can move to alpha...provided ..ur input is w/n
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its quite possible by using redefine command...

the field will be sharing same memorylocation..

eg: 05 ws-num pic 99
10 ws-char redefines ws-num pic x(2)

move 12 to ws-num
move 'ab' to ws-char

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