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Tarun Deep
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Joined: 10 Jun 2005
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Location: Hyderabad, India
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If we define value in quotes for PIC9,
say, WS-VAR1 PIC 9 VALUE '3'.
how wud complier interpret this ?
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mmwife
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My guess is you'll get a compiler error because you mixed an alpha numeric value w/a numeric PIC.
On the other hand beginning w/COBOLII using a 3 instead of a '3' to describe a number is acceptable. BTW, you must use 'A' to describe a letter in an A/N field. |
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