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pallavi_vibhute
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Hi all,
I just completed my Mainframe training & faced one interview & que asked to me & cudnt reply was -
How do you get the value for an array dynamically without hard coding in the program or either passing from JCL?
will anybody tell me the answer ....
thanks in advance,
regards pallavi. |
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h.dinesh
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Pallavi,
I think they have asked about 'OCCURS...DEPENDING ON' clause here.
You may find more details about this clause by searching the text in quotes. I am not mentioning the links here as it might violate copyright.
All,
Please correct me if this is not the answer.
Dinesh |
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Phrzby Phil
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It certainly depends on the language.
PL/I allows dynamic allocation with variables.
Later versions of FORTRAN do as well.
SAS lets you do it with macros.
COBOL does not have that feature. The DEPENDING ON clause does not replace the need in the OCCURS for a fixed upper bound. |
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William Thompson
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| pallavi_vibhute wrote: |
| get the value for an array dynamically |
While I still don't understand what is being looked for,
| Phrzby Phil wrote: |
| COBOL does not have that feature. The DEPENDING ON clause does not replace the need in the OCCURS for a fixed upper bound |
got me thinking, and up to the bounds of maximum allowed by COBOL, define the array in linkage and getmain all the storage you need.....eat that PL/I, FORTRAN and SAS...  |
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mmwife
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Hi Pallavi,
I'm not sure of what you're looking for, but you can set up a routine to read the array entries from a file or some other external source, keeping count of the enries put into the array space and then moving that value to the "depending on" field. HTH |
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