Interview Questions and Answers

Example:

READ FILE-1 INTO WS-RECORD ON EXCEPTION
  DISPLAY 'Error reading file'
END-READ.

Example:

01 EMPLOYEE-NAME PIC X(20).
01 EMPLOYEE-NAME-REDEFINED REDEFINES EMPLOYEE-NAME PIC 9(9).

Example:

MERGE FILE-1, FILE-2 INTO SORTED-FILE.

Example:

READ FILE-1 INTO DATA-RECORD.
REWRITE DATA-RECORD.

Example:

IF ERROR-FLAG = 'Y' THEN
  EXIT PROGRAM.
END-IF.

Example:

01 LARGE-DATA PIC X(1000).
RESERVE 1000 CHARACTERS FOR LARGE-DATA.

Example:

SET ENVIRONMENT CURRENCY-SYMBOL '$'.

Example:

READ INPUT-FILE INTO DATA-RECORD.
IF CONDITION
  REJECT DATA-RECORD.
END-IF.

Example:

ALTER ITEM-DESCR TO PIC X(30).

Example:

GENERATE 'NEW-PARAGRAPH'.