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What is the main difference b/w Index and subscript

Postby krishna_mahathe » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:23 pm

hello all
my Q is " what is the main difference b/w Index and subscrip :?: ".
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Re: cobol

Postby dick scherrer » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:21 pm

Hello krishna_mahathe and welcome to the forums,

A subscript is an integer that specifies the occurrence in the array. Usually defined in working-storage, but may also be a parm or data in some input record.

An index is a displacement to the entry in the array. Defined as part of the array definition.
Hope this helps,
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Re: cobol

Postby arunprasad.k » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:23 pm

You can also refer the following link.

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3PG10/1.4.3?DT=20020923143836

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