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How many subscripts or indexes are allowed for an OCCURS clause?

  1. 7

  2. 6

  3. 5

  4. 4
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Explanation

COBOL's OCCURS clause can define multi-dimensional arrays with up to 7 dimensions (subscripts/indexes). This limit is part of the COBOL language specification for table handling.

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