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breentha_d
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Post by breentha_d » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:39 am

hi,


i understand that the file section is used to describe the input and output file that will be used in the cobol program. pls explain to me how does the data is actually read into the main memory and processed. what does the working storage section stores.


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Post by DavidatK » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:33 am

Check out the COBOL MANUAL Chapters 4 and 5

If you have specific questions please come back.

Dave
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Post by sai » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:02 pm

hi
this answer may help u to understand easiliy
The data files are defined in the file section and data developed by prog. is defined in working-storage section.we have to intialize all the data before we use it .Data read from input files is quite often copied into w/s section before processing begins(using read into statement). thats it|!!!!!!!!!!!
hope this might be the answer
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