Need solution for this Infinite loop?

abhicet2003 · New User Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 21

Hi,
Please give me the solution for this.

01 WS-COUNT PIC9 VALUE 5

PERFORM XX-PARA WS-COUNT TIMES

XX-PARA.
MOVE 10 TO WS-COUNT

HOW many times xx-para will get executes?

Thanks

shrivatsa · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:53 pm

Hi abhicet2003,

It will execute just 5 times. that's it
Correct me if I am wrong

parikshit123 · Active User Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 269 Location: India

Hi,

It will execute 5 times.

PERFORM N TIMES executes the section/para N times irrespective of vale of N being modified later.

This is not an infinite loop.

Thanks,
Parikshit

guptae · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 2:02 pm

It will execute only 5 times

sandeep4u · New User Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 32

Hi,

It will execute only five times..definately..

correct me i m wrong...

thanks,

sandy

DavidatK · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:56 pm

abhicet2003,

I know I'm being a Smart A--, but it will execute 6 times, 5 for the "PERFORM WS_COUNT TIMES" and once it will fall through XX_PARA.

Dave

abhicet2003 · New User Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 21

Thanks a lot for your Quick response.

ajayvamsi · New User Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Hyderabad

it wil execute only 1 time

IQofaGerbil · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 7:34 pm

01 WS-COUNT PIC9 VALUE 5

MOVE 10 TO WS-COUNT

Do you realise that WS-COUNT will have value of 0 after that MOVE statement?

However if you code

01 WS-COUNT PIC 99 VALUE 5

then the value will be 10.

The paragraph will execute 5 times because Cobol stores the initial WS-COUNT value in a seperate register.

However if you were to subsequently repeat the
PERFORM XX-PARA WS-COUNT TIMES

it would then execute it 10 times (or whatever value was in WS-COUNT at the time of the 2nd execution)

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

Another "Smart A"-- ans:

It will not compile. PIC9 (no space) is invalid.

philipraju · New User Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 29

It will executes defineitely for 5 times only,because of we cant overwright the value of the variable i.e.in the loop,here we assigning the value in first para and then overwriting the same variable with some other value,that is aplicable to that particular para only(i think),not for calling para.

..............corret Me if im wrong

parikshit123 · Active User Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 269 Location: India

Good catch mmwife

swamy · New User Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 1 Location: banglore

it will executes five times only....

thanks

Swamy