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sivareddy123

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:33 pm
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Please give me solution(OUT PUT ) for the below

01 A PIC X(5) Value 'ABC12'
01 B REDEFINE A PIC X(4).

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

MOVE 56 TO B.

DISPLAY A .
DISPLAY B.

OUT PUT : ????????????????????????????


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Bill Woodger

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:36 pm
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A:

Code:
56  2


B:

Code:
56 


Edit to include B. I thought you knew what B contained as you'd just MOVEd 56 to it.
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sivareddy123

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:50 pm
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Do you mean A value is 56 B value is 2 ?
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Nic Clouston

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:49 pm
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Why not code it up and run it? When you code it code your DISPLAYs in the following manner:
Code:
DISPLAY 'n >' n '<'.

where n is your variable. That way you will see any blanks.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:32 pm
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Do you mean A value is 56 B value is 2 ?
No, the value of A is 5 6 blank blank 2, while the value of B is 5 6 blank blank. Since there is a REDEFINE, the variables share the same memory (A has 5 bytes and B has 4 bytes, so the first 4 bytes of A will ALWAYS have the same value as B).
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