Need Reference Materials for REDEFINES Clause

ganmain · New User Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 28

hi,
please provide me the site or book which will describe the redefine clause with good(many) examples.

please help in this.

sivatechdrive · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:15 am

Hi Friend

The REDEFINES clause allows you to use different data description entries to describe the same computer storage area. Redefining declaration should immediately follow the redefined item and should be done at the same level. Multiple redefinitions are possible. Size of redefined and redefining need not be the same.

Example:
01 WS-DATE PIC 9(06).
01 WS-REDEF-DATE REDEFINES WS-DATE.
05 WS-YEAR PIC 9(02).
05 WS-MON PIC 9(02).
05 WS-DAY PIC 9(02).

check the below sites
www.helsinki.fi/atk/unix/dec_manuals/cobv27ua/cobrm_014.htm

www.csis.ul.ie/COBOL/lectures/CS4312Topics.htm

redefines in y2k problem
www.mitre.org/tech/cots/COBOL_Example.html

Regards
Siva