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

  1. 4

  2. 5

  3. 6

  4. 7
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Explanation

COBOL allows up to 7 dimensions (subscripts or indexes) for an OCCURS clause. This means you can define multi-dimensional arrays like OCCURS 5 TIMES OCCURS 3 TIMES OCCURS 2 TIMES... nested up to 7 levels deep. Each dimension requires its own index or subscript for access.

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