Tag: mainframe

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a program must always begin with a PROCEDURE statement and end with an END statement

PL/I instructions can be coded between positions 1 and 72

you have to declare each variable that you are going to use

a program can be composed out of different procedures

comment lines have to be preceded by //

REPEAT 5 TIMES;instruction;END;

DO J=1 TO 5;instruction;END;

COUNTER = 1;DO WHILE COUNTER < 5;COUNTER = COUNTER + 1;instruction;END;

REPEAT VARYING COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL COUNTER = 5;instruction;END;

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RECORD-IN

@_RECORD

IN/OUTRECORD

1_TELEPHONE

after each declaration of a variable

at the end of each instruction

to end a DO instruction

at the end of the program

to end an IF instruction

1, 3 and 4

2, 3 and 4

2, 3 and 6

1, 3 and 5

A B Z E F Z X

A B X Z E F G H Z X

A B X Z E F Z G H Z

A B X Z G H Z

A. A colon (:) must precede all host variables in an SQL statement

B. A semi colon (;) must precede all host variables in an SQL statement

C. We can use any variable directly

D. None

A. 1B, 2E, 3A, 4C, 5D

B. 1D, 2A, 3E, 4C, 5B

C. 1E, 2D, 3B, 4A, 5C

D. 1C, 2D, 3E, 4A, 5B

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