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ALSO and WHEN can be coded in one EVALUATE statement
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shreejita

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 1:54 pm
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Hi all,

How many ALSO and WHEN can be coded in one EVALUATE statement?

Asked in an interview.

As i know 256 ALSO and 63 WHEN r possible but not confirmed.

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GuyC

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:17 pm
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cobol, not db2
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Raghu navaikulam

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:46 am
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Hi

256 ALSO
256 WHEN
and 64 EVALUATE subjects


Refer COBOL Language Reference - Compiler Limits.

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Marso

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:54 pm
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COBOL Language Reference - Compiler Limits wrote:
EVALUATE . . . subjects 64

EVALUATE . . . WHEN clauses 256

64 subjects gives use 63 ALSO
and 256 WHEN

This line:
COBOL Language Reference - Compiler Limits wrote:
Literal THRU . . . or ALSO . . . 256
refers to the Special-names paragraph of the Configuration section.
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