Multiple choice technology programming languages

HISTOGRAM statement causes

  1. A processing loop to be initiated

  2. Provide access to any database fields

  3. Process the column values

  4. Returns the number of rows

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A,D Correct answer
Explanation

The HISTOGRAM statement in Natural/Adabas performs two key functions: it initiates an automatic processing loop that iterates through each matching descriptor value (option A), and it populates the *NUMBER system variable with the count of occurrences or rows processed (option D). Options B and C are incorrect because HISTOGRAM is specifically for descriptor processing, not general field access or column value processing.