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keerthi

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:03 am
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Can anybody please send me the COBOL programs for the questions?

1. biggest of 10 numbers
2. Prime numbers between 1 and 100

thanks in advance.
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mdtendulkar

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:31 am
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keerthi,


Biggest of 10 numbers

Steps...

- Take all the 10 input numbers
- put it in a working storage table
- sort the table on number descending
- first instance is the biggest


Prime Numbers between 1 and 100

Code:
000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 
000020 PROGRAM-ID.    PRIME-NO-PROG.         
000030 AUTHOR.        TIMOTHY R P BROWN.
000040   
000050******************************************           
000060* PROGRAM TO CALCULATE PRIME NUMBERS     *           
000070******************************************           
000080
000090 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.     
000100 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.     
000110 FILE-CONTROL.
000120
000130       SELECT OUT-FILE ASSIGN TO 'PRIME-NO.TXT'     
000140           ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.         
000150********************************************   
000160 DATA DIVISION.           
000170 FILE SECTION.
000180
000190 FD OUT-FILE.
000200 01 NO-OUT      PIC X(80).
000210********************************************
000220 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 
000230
000240 01 EVEN-FLAG PIC X.       
000250      88 NUM-EVEN VALUE 'Y'.           
000260 01 PRIME-FLAG PIC X .     
000270      88 IS-PRIME VALUE 'Y'.           
000280
000290 01 TOP-VALUE  PIC 9(7) VALUE ZERO.     
000300
000310 01 COUNTERS.
000320       03 Y-COUNT PIC 9(6) OCCURS 1000.
000330
000340 01 CALC-NO       PIC 9(6) VALUE ZERO.   
000350
000360 01 SUBS.     
000370      03 X-SUB    PIC 9(6) VALUE 3.   
000380 01 PRINT-SUBS.           
000390      03 P-COUNT-X  PIC 9(6) VALUE 1.   
000400
000410 01 A       PIC 9(6) VALUE ZERO.       
000420 01 B       PIC 9(6) VALUE ZERO.       
000430 01 C       PIC 9(6) VALUE ZERO.       
000440 01 D       PIC 9(6) VALUE ZERO.       
000450 01 Z       PIC 9(6) VALUE ZERO.
000460 01 PRIME-NO-COUNT PIC 9(6) VALUE 2. 
000465
000470 01 PRINT-LINE.           
000480      03 P-NUM1  PIC Z(5)9 VALUE ZERO. 
000490      03 P-NUM2  PIC Z(5)9 VALUE ZERO. 
000500      03 P-NUM3  PIC Z(5)9 VALUE ZERO. 
000510      03 P-NUM4  PIC Z(5)9 VALUE ZERO. 
000520      03 P-NUM5  PIC Z(5)9 VALUE ZERO. 
000530
000540 01 EXIT-KEY PIC X VALUE SPACE.           
000545     
000550*******************************************************   
000560 PROCEDURE DIVISION.       
000570 MAIN-PARA.   
000580      OPEN OUTPUT OUT-FILE
000590      DISPLAY 'ENTER VALUE TO WHICH PRIME NUMBERS ' 
000600      DISPLAY 'ARE TO BE CALCULATED BETWEEN 1 AND 999,999'
000602      MOVE 1 TO Y-COUNT (1)
000605      MOVE 2 TO Y-COUNT (2)     
000610
000620*ENTER VALUE 
000630      PERFORM UNTIL TOP-VALUE > 0       
000640      ACCEPT TOP-VALUE     
000650      END-PERFORM         
000660
000670*ZEROISE TABLE
000680      MOVE ZEROS TO COUNTERS           
000690
000700*DETERMINE PRIME NUMBERS AND PLACE IN TABLE         
000710
000720      PERFORM VARYING CALC-NO FROM 3 BY 1           
000730    UNTIL CALC-NO > TOP-VALUE           
000740         DISPLAY  CALC-NO         
000750         MOVE 1 TO C       
000760         MOVE 'N' TO PRIME-FLAG         
000770
000780*IS NUMBER EVEN (BUT NOT 2)? 
000790
000800         DIVIDE CALC-NO BY 2 GIVING A REMAINDER Z     
000830         IF Z = 0 THEN MOVE 'Y' TO EVEN-FLAG         
000840         ELSE MOVE 'N' TO EVEN-FLAG     
000850         END-IF           
000860           
000865**********************************************************
000870*DIVIDE EACH ODD NUMBER BY NUMBERS UP TO HALF THE CALC-NO       
000880*LOOP EXITED WHEN A NUMBER DIVIDES IT WITH NO REMAINDER           
000890*OR WHEN ALL NUMBERS CHECKED
000895**********************************************************
000900         IF NOT NUM-EVEN THEN           
000910            PERFORM VARYING D FROM 3 BY 1           
000920    UNTIL (C = 0) OR (D > ((CALC-NO + 1) / 2))       
000930  DIVIDE CALC-NO BY D GIVING A REMAINDER C           
000940            END-PERFORM   
000950         END-IF           
000960
000970         IF C = 0 THEN MOVE 'N' TO PRIME-FLAG       
000980         ELSE MOVE 'Y' TO PRIME-FLAG   
000990         END-IF           
001000
001010*WHEN PRIME NUMBER DEFINED, MOVE IT INTO TABLE       
001020         IF IS-PRIME THEN 
001030            MOVE CALC-NO TO Y-COUNT (X-SUB)         
001040            ADD 1 TO X-SUB PRIME-NO-COUNT     
001050         END-IF           
001060      END-PERFORM         
001070
001080*STORE THE FINAL VALUE OF X-SUB BEFORE RE-USING IT   
001090      MOVE X-SUB TO P-COUNT-X           
001100      MOVE ZERO TO X-SUB   
001110***************************************************           
001120*WRITE TABLE 
001130      PERFORM VARYING X-SUB FROM 1 BY 5
001140            UNTIL X-SUB > P-COUNT-X     
001150         MOVE Y-COUNT (X-SUB) TO P-NUM1
001160         MOVE Y-COUNT (X-SUB + 1) TO P-NUM2         
001170         MOVE Y-COUNT (X-SUB + 2) TO P-NUM3         
001180         MOVE Y-COUNT (X-SUB + 3) TO P-NUM4         
001190         MOVE Y-COUNT (X-SUB + 4) TO P-NUM5         
001200         WRITE NO-OUT FROM PRINT-LINE AFTER 2 LINE
001230      END-PERFORM         
001240
001250      DISPLAY 'CALCULATIONS COMPLETE - ' PRIME-NO-COUNT           
001260            ' PRIME NUMBERS CALCULATED'
001270      CLOSE OUT-FILE       
001280      STOP RUN.


Hope this helps

Regards
Mayuresh
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