FUNCTION MAX

hariprasdkc · Post by **hariprasdkc** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:45 am

What will b the result of the following,

 01 NICKNAME   PIC X&#40;11&#41;. 
01 DATA-FIELDS. 
   05 FLDA PIC X&#40;11&#41; VALUE 'SNOOKIEPOOH'. 
   05 FLDB PIC X&#40;11&#41; VALUE 'SNOOKIEbbbb'. 
   05 FLDC PIC X&#40;11&#41; VALUE 'WOOKIEbbbbb'. 
   05 FLDD PIC X&#40;11&#41; VALUE 'WICKIEWOCKb' 
... 
MOVE FUNCTION MAX&#40;FLDC FLDA FLDB FLDD&#41; TO NICKNAME &#40;1&#58;11&#41;.

Will cobol see the left most character's collating sequence or..?
Does it return FLDC or FLDD.. to NICKNAME..?

dbzTHEdinosauer · Post by **dbzTHEdinosauer** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:39 pm

Since you obviously don't have access to COBOL manuals,
here is a link to the COBOL manual for the MAX function

why would you think the contents of FLDD would be returned??????

hariprasdkc · Post by **hariprasdkc** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:17 pm

FLDC is the answer.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Post by **dbzTHEdinosauer** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:23 pm

yes, it is the contents of FLDC.

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