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vimala

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:47 pm
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hai,
in cobol will i use figurative constants in cobol.how i will use.

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sandip_datta

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:01 am
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From Manual -
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Certain commonly used constants and literals are provided as reserved words called figurative constants: ZERO, SPACE, HIGH-VALUE, LOW-VALUE, QUOTE, NULL, and ALL. Because they represent fixed values, figurative constants do not require a data definition. For example:


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ksivapradeep

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:08 pm
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hi,

HYPHAN is figurative constant r not.

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siva pradeep
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anuradha

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:23 pm
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HYPHAN is figurative constant r not.



AFAIK it is not
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