How to pass the 10 bytes value to COBOL called program

raman.k · New User Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 24 Location: chennai

Hi
I attend one interview. the interviewer asked the question how to pass the 10 bytes value to COBOL program
I told like.
i declare the variable in LINKAGE SECTION then i Mention in PROCEDURE DIVISION USING A.

He told it is wrong.
I don't how to pass this value

Please tell me
Raman.l

raman.k · New User Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 24 Location: chennai

William Thompson · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:29 pm

To pass it down to the called program, you just reference your (the calling) program's working storage in the CALL verb, i.e., "CALL SUBROUTINE USING WS-DATA-AREA".
Your original answer was more on the mark for the called program rather than the calling program.

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:18 pm

Hello,

If this was a JCL question, the answer would include using a PARM on the EXEC for the COBOL program along with the LINKAGE/PROCEDURE considerations.

Was the interviewer knowledgeable about COBOL/JCL or was it a personnel/hr person who had a list of questions and was told what to accept as answers.