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differnce in finding the length cobol II and cobol III
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madhan1582

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:59 am
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In cobol III i will find the length of the variable using the function

function lenght(variable-name)

but in cobol II its not allowed to use length function ( so i have to use inspect in that case it is returning the length of the variable which is declared.
eg;
01 varstr pic x(15) value 'hari'.
01 cnt pic 9(2).
if i am using the following syntax it is giving me the result 15 ,whether it will be possible to find the values length i.e 4 (as in length function).

Inspect varstr talling cnt for charecters.

pls give me the result if u people know it.
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priyesh.agrawal

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:12 pm
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Hi Madhan,

One post...Two queries....With out Search....in Wrong Forum.... icon_biggrin.gif

Quote:
if i am using the following syntax it is giving me the result 15 ,whether it will be possible to find the values length i.e 4 (as in length function).


You can do it like this.

Code:
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.                                       
CONFIGURATION SECTION.             
SPECIAL-NAMES. CLASS VALID-DATA IS 'A' THRU 'Z'.   
..           
..
..
INSPECT VARSTR TALLYING CNT
        FOR ALL VALID-DATA.

You can also add more special characters as per your requirements in SPECIAL-NAMES clause.

Regards,

Priyesh.
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