Multiple choice technology programming languages

The DELETE statement does not remove a record from

  1. RELATIVE files

  2. SEQUENTIAL files

  3. INDEXED files

  4. NONE OF THESE
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The DELETE statement cannot remove records from SEQUENTIAL files in COBOL. Sequential files must be processed with rewrite operations to effectively delete records, whereas RELATIVE and INDEXED files support direct record deletion via DELETE. This limitation exists because sequential files don't have individual record addressing required for deletion.

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