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ramcse
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What will happen when we try to move a value to following numeric edited symbol....
Working storage section.
01 x pic 0z(3).
procedure division.
move 0001 to x.
display x.
Tell me the output for this..
this is the question asked in a interview..... |
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expat
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| The idea of the interview questions forum is for you to post your solution looking for guidance and corrections where appropriate. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| What will happen when we try to move a value to following numeric edited symbol.... |
So, how did you answer the interviewer?
Do not be concerned about being correct or incorrect - we don't keep score and answers receive neither prize nor penalty 
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Terry Heinze
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| I don't think your picture clause is valid. Care to double check it? |
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Terry Heinze
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| Oops -- I stand corrected (by myself!). After I RTFMd, I discovered that 0 is a legitimate editing character. 30 years of COBOL programming and I've never used it! |
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ramcse
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| i replied zero suppression will not take place.... is it correct |
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Robert Sample
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| I tested the PICTURE and got
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ramcse
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| i got it now.... Very thanks to all.... |
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dick scherrer
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| i got it now.... Very thanks to all.... |
You're welcome
I am puzzled why such a question would be in an interview. . . 
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mohitsaini
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| I am puzzled why such a question would be in an interview |
I think such kind of questions do not make or break a selection during the interview. These questions are just thrown to assess how deeply the candidate knows about the subject he is dealing with. Also some of the interviewers have a tendency to keep on asking more and more complex questions until the candidate is stuck. |
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