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by RMaria
Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:25 pm
Forum: Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes.
Topic: How many hours per day you use computer?
Replies: 36
Views: 6682

Re: How many hours per day you use computer?

5 to 6 hour if the use of mobile is not considered.
by RMaria
Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:24 pm
Forum: Thought of the Day, General Talk & Jokes.
Topic: Count to a Million!
Replies: 234
Views: 74225

Re: Count to a Million!

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by RMaria
Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:20 pm
Forum: IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
Topic: COMP and USAGE COMP in COBOL.
Replies: 3
Views: 482

COMP and USAGE COMP in COBOL.

Hi, I have seen these two declaration of COMP. What is the difference between the following two codes : 05 WS-VAR-A PIC S9(9) USAGE COMP 05 WS-VAR-B PIC S9(9) USAGE COMP Will they behave differently. If they behave differently what kind of can I use in my COBOL program to check it. Thanks,
by RMaria
Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:15 pm
Forum: IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
Topic: Use of EXTERNAL in COBOL.
Replies: 1
Views: 385

Use of EXTERNAL in COBOL.

Hi ,

I'm working thorugh a prpgram which has line of code in the program :

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01 WS-DELETE-IND-DB PIC X(1) EXTERNAL. 
What does it do? Could you please explain the EXTERNAL clause?

Thanks,

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