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cobol interview question, plz help me

Postby naresh.galipalli » Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:07 pm

please answer anyone, help me. iam new to mainframes.

PERFORM ACCULATE-TOTALS VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A > 2 AFTER B FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL B > 2 AFTER C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C < -9 How many times accumulate-totals will be executed?

a) 10
b) 09
c) 11
d) infinite loop.

How is sign stored in Packed Decimal fields?

a) Sign is stored as a hex value in the last nibble (4 bits ) of the storage
b) Sign is over punched with numeric value stored in the last bite
c) Sign is stored in hex value in first 4 bits of storage
d) None of the above
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Re: cobol interview question, plz help me

Postby Robert Sample » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:40 pm

For your first question, how about (E) none of the above? The manual can help you figure out why this is the answer.

For your second question, read the manual. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/zos/library/ and bookmark it since you'll need to reference it often.
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Re: cobol interview question, plz help me

Postby kunal3963 » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:41 pm

1)i thk its c
2)dnt know
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Re: cobol interview question, plz help me

Postby Robert Sample » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:00 pm

kunal3963, your first answer is wrong -- I tested the code before I responded, which is why I answered as I did.
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Re: cobol interview question, plz help me

Postby nm992 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:20 pm

FOr m eit came 9 times..

RObert:Can you please explain?
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Re: cobol interview question, plz help me

Postby Robert Sample » Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:03 pm

Select all
      01  GRP.
          05  A                       PIC S9(04) VALUE ZERO.
          05  B                       PIC S9(04) VALUE ZERO.
          05  C                       PIC S9(04) VALUE ZERO.
          05  TIMES-EXEC              PIC  9(04) VALUE ZERO.
      PROCEDURE DIVISION.
      MAIN-PARA.
          PERFORM ACCULATE-TOTALS
              VARYING A FROM 1 BY  2 UNTIL A > 2
                AFTER B FROM 1 BY  1 UNTIL B > 2
                AFTER C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C < -9
            .
          DISPLAY 'TIMES EXECUTED ' TIMES-EXEC.
          STOP RUN.

      ACCULATE-TOTALS.
          DISPLAY 'A ' A ' B ' B ' C ' C .
          ADD 1                       TO  TIMES-EXEC.
produces results of
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 A 000A B 000A C 000B
 A 000A B 000A C 000A
 A 000A B 000A C 000{
 A 000A B 000A C 000J
 A 000A B 000A C 000K
 A 000A B 000A C 000L
 A 000A B 000A C 000M
 A 000A B 000A C 000N
 A 000A B 000A C 000O
 A 000A B 000A C 000P
 A 000A B 000A C 000Q
 A 000A B 000A C 000R
 A 000A B 000B C 000B
 A 000A B 000B C 000A
 A 000A B 000B C 000{
 A 000A B 000B C 000J
 A 000A B 000B C 000K
 A 000A B 000B C 000L
 A 000A B 000B C 000M
 A 000A B 000B C 000N
 A 000A B 000B C 000O
 A 000A B 000B C 000P
 A 000A B 000B C 000Q
 A 000A B 000B C 000R
 TIMES EXECUTED 0024
since these are signed variables, 000A is 1, 000B is 2, 000R is -9 and so forth.
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