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  1. Mingo

    Index or Subscript?

    Difference in form in which they are stored. Subscript is ordinary variable(declared as data item in working-storage) and stored as separate ASCII digits. Needs to be converted to binary when used so slower processing. Index only declared as part of the OCCURS clause, they don't have PIC...
  2. Mingo

    Global variables - are they a serious defect?

    Hello, I am writing a short piece for study purposes. Subject is: In COBOL all variables are defined in data division, that is, they are global. This is considred to be a serious defect of the language. Why? Would appreciate if anyone could direct me to reference materials that cover this...
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    Sorting and Input Procedures

    Thanks for the info CROX. Do I understand correctly that you would define calc field in WS and move calculated field to sort-rec? Still a bit confused about FD's and SD in this situation. As I understand it, records in FD's and SD all need to be the same size. How is it possible to add this...
  4. Mingo

    Sorting and Input Procedures

    New programmer. PC platform. RM/COBOL-85. Grateful if anyone could advise how to sort a file on a calculated field using an input procedure. That is, field is not part of the input file, but is calculated using one of the fields in input file. File needs to be sorted on this key. Not sure how...

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