STRING LENGTH

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STRING LENGTH

Post by ibmlearner » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:07 pm

HI ALL ,,

HOW TO FIND THE LENGTH OF THE STRING ???

SAY

01 A PIC X(10)

I HAVE USED ONLY 7 BYTES.

HOW TO CALCULATE THIS ????

IS THERE ANY LOGIC ????
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Post by dbzTHEdinosauer » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:01 pm

ibmlearner,

the data representation of "PIC X(10)" in COBOL means a data area defined for use as alphanumeric and with a fixed length of 10.

now, if you wish to determine the number of char within the data area then you could use an INSPECT statement or 'float a register' on the data to interrogate each byte.
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