COBOL - consider the following piece of code 01 GROUP-ITEM 05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50 05 AM

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consider the following piece of code
01 GROUP-ITEM
05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50
05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP
MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM
ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1
what will be the content of AMOUNT-1?
a.50
b.100
c.0
d.unpredictable

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Last Update: November 20, 2009

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December 12, 2005 03:39:56

mahinder

RE: consider the following piece of code 01 GROUP...

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The answer is D

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May 16, 2007 13:40:28

nappy

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RE: consider the following piece of code 01 GROUP...

a.) 50 should be the value finaly in AMOUNT-1.

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June 24, 2007 16:33:11

thequestsailor

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RE: consider the following piece of code 01 GROUP...

Ans. D because a comp can’t contain any decimal value so declaring amount-1 to PIC 99v9 is not correct

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January 21, 2008 09:55:29

Bhuvan Pahuja

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RE: consider the following piece of code 01 GROUP-ITEM 05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50 05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1 what will be the content of AMOUNT-1? a.50 b.100 c.0 d.unpredictable

COMP only contains Numeric values so the the above Expression is not correct.

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November 20, 2009 05:59:54

chandradutt

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B is the only correct answer.

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