Use of EXTERNAL in COBOL.

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RMaria
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Use of EXTERNAL in COBOL.

Post by RMaria »

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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nicc
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Re: Use of EXTERNAL in COBOL.

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Why not look in the language manual yourself? Instead of waiting for someone else to do your research for you you could have had the answer by now.
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Nic
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