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What does the INITIALIZE verb do?

  1. Alphabetic, Alphanumeric fields & alphanumeric edited items are set to SPACES

  2. Numeric, Numeric edited items set to ZERO.

  3. FILLER , OCCURS DEPENDING ON items left untouched.

  4. All the Above.
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Explanation

In COBOL, the INITIALIZE verb sets alphabetic, alphanumeric, and alphanumeric-edited fields to SPACES, and numeric and numeric-edited fields to ZERO. It leaves FILLER and OCCURS DEPENDING ON items untouched unless specified, making all statements correct.

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