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harpreet9
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Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 9 Location: delhi
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Hi,
Just need a little help. I came across this question thru someone.
Suppose I have a file and that has jut 1 record which read and then written and the record at the time of writing is PIC 9(7). Now at the time of writing it if i give the value 123456 within quotes, will the program abend or not?
Acc to me it will abend.
Please let me know.
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the_gautam
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Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 165 Location: Bangalore
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the record at the time of writing is PIC 9(7) |
I guess the PICTURE clause of the record should be the same through out the program.
Please explain your problem bit more... |
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harpreet9
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Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 9 Location: delhi
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yup its same thruout the program its just that at the time of defining the variable in the input file i have not set the value. i am setting the value in the procedure division only and the value is "123456". |
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Aaru
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Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 1287 Location: Chennai, India
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harpreet,
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i am setting the value in the procedure division only and the value is "123456".
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Are you using the VALUE clause for setting the value. If yes, it will lead to compilation error.
Write a small program, test and confirm it. |
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the_gautam
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Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 165 Location: Bangalore
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please post your code |
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harpreet9
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Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 9 Location: delhi
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hey Aaru Vedam
thanks...its done
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Anuj Dhawan
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 6250 Location: Mumbai, India
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Hi,
Please share the solution used. |
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