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How many bytes will a S9(8) COMP field occupy?

  1. 2

  2. 4

  3. 8

  4. 16
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In COBOL, a computational field defined as S9(8) COMP uses a binary format. A binary field with 5 to 9 digits occupies 4 bytes of storage.

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