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IBM Mainframe: JCL, COBOL, VSAM, and CICS
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77 CTR PIC S9(4)V99 VALUE -1234.55. What will be the output of the statement DISPLAY CTR?
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12345N
💡 Explanation:
In COBOL, when displaying a signed numeric field (S9), the sign is often stored as an overpunch on the last digit (EBCDIC). For a negative value ending in 5, the '5' combined with a negative sign results in the character 'N'.