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COBOL level 88 data type

Very basic question here. I have to write out a data glossary for a COBOL program. This data glossary includes …

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Suppress Leading Zeros in COBOL

I have tried looking this up online but I can't find anything that matches my situation. I need to suppress …

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Is there a way to use INSPECT TALLYING with a check for multiple characters?

I have a string for which I wish to tally the count of characters till a certain pattern of characters …

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What is the difference between a variable-blocked format and a fixed-blocked format?

I have encountered these terms in a data file definition document for some data that I'm getting from a Mainframe …

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COBOL keyword REDEFINES

May I ask, what is the usage of the keyword REDEFINES in COBOL? I can not understand the manual's definition. …

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How can duplicates be removed from a file using COBOL?

The input file have records as: 8712351,8712353,8712353,8712354,8712356,8712352,8712355 8712352,8712355 Using COBOL, I need to remove duplicates from the above file and write to …

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Is there actually COBOL in .NET?

I was checking Microsoft's Visual Studio page just now and in the advertisements sidebar I suddenly saw an incredible advertisement: "…

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Is it possible to add inline comments in Cobol

Most modern programming languages give a way to add inline comments, generally those that use a newline character to indicate …

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How to abend job intentionally

Is it possible to abend your job intentionally through COBOL program. suppose I have an Input file having Header,Detail …

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append records to an existing file

If I want to append records to an existing file what DISP parameters do I need to use?

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