Can we Declare Filler clause as 05 Filler X(9)

kumarttp · New User Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 1

Hi All,
Can we Declare Filler as below.
05 Filler A(9)

or

05 Filler X(9)

which one is correct and if we Declare as mentioned first what will happen?
Thank you.

vishal_a · New User Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 45 Location: Noida

Well u can declare filler as

05 Filler X(9)

and can also be declared as

05 x(9)

using filler is not mandatory in Cobol 85

regards
Vishal

Sridevi_C · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:19 pm

Hi,
What about PIC clause? I think,it's mandatory.So,
05 FILLER PIC A(9).
05 FILLER PIC X(9).
05 PIC X(9).
05 PIC A(9). (Use FILLER,for better documentation).
All the above four are allowed.All of them can be initialized to SPACES or some value,if necessary.
Regards,
Sridevi.

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

If PIC A is used only the chars A thru Z or SPACE are allowed. Numerics (0 thru 9) and spec chars are NOT allowed.