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Hi,
in cobol we use fillers as a variable for the some symbols and constant in a group variable
instead of giving a varibale name. why should we use a filler as a var name instead of a varibale name , is there any performance increase?

Thanks in Advance

Hello,

FILLER is used so that a name is not needed. A name typically implies the field will be referenced in the code. A filler will not be referenced as it has no name.

There is no execution performance difference.

THANKS DICK..

You're welcome

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