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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

The INITIALIZE verb in COBOL sets alphabetic, alphanumeric fields, and alphanumeric edited items to spaces. Numeric and numeric edited items are set to zero. FILLER and OCCURS DEPENDING ON items remain unchanged.

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