Comparable 'C' functiton LEN() in cobol

jtwohig · New User Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 18

HI,

Is there something comparable to LEN() length functionality in cobol ?

Thanks
J

DavidatK · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:14 am

Do you mean the "C" Function STRLEN()

Dave

chiranjeevi_mca · New User Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 27

Hi,

There is a function called LENGTH OF data-item, but this results the value as the length declared in working storage section.
Ex:
working-storage declared as

01 a pic x(10)

move 'ABCD' to a

LENGH OF A - it gives the value of 10

if you want the output as 4 means you need to use the INSPECT.