Multiple choice technology mainframe

Data in IDENTIFICATION-TABLE IDENT-ID IDENT-NAME IDENT-AGE (Assume all fields are null suppressed) ----------------------------- 1234 AAAA 23 2345 bbbb 13 3456 ADSB 25 4567 DADS 15 5678 EDSC 20 READ IDENTIFICATION-TABLE BY SUPER-ID-NAME-AGE STARTING FROM '1234' DISPLAY IDENT-ID IDENT-NAME IDENT-AGE LOOP How many number of records will be displayed in the output? * small case bbbb stands for space

  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 5

  4. Program wil terminate abnormally
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

With null suppression and SUPER-ID-NAME-AGE starting from '1234', all 5 records match because 1234 is included in the range. Note that 'bbbb' represents a space value in null-suppressed fields, which still allows the record to be retrieved.

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