Doubt on REDEFINES with Value Clause

karthikuma · Active User Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 65

whether redefine supports value clause?

01 A
02 a-1 pic x(8)

01 B redefine A
02 b-1 pic x(5) value spaces.

what is the output.whether it will show error.

sribks2005 · New User Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 20 Location: Mysore

yes we get an error if we do like this.

The error message would be like given below.
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A "VALUE" clause was specified for an item that contained,or was subordinate to an item that contained, a "REDEFINES" clause. The "VALUE" clause was discarded
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But we can initialize the variable A with spaces.

karthikuma · Active User Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 65

thankz a lot