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[deeptik]

Hi,

I want to understand the advantage that the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause provides over a normal OCCURS clause.

Does the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause save in terms of memory as the array size would depend on the count provided in the DEPENDING ON clause or is the array size a constant in both the cases.


Thanks in advance

[dbzTHEdinosauer]

Is it really too difficult to look at a Programmers Guide?

COBOL allocates the maximum memory potential for ODO's. so answer to your last question is if both tables have the same item size and max occurances (fixed is 100 and ODO is 1 to 100), then yes the allocated memory is the same.

ODO's are handy with variable length files - don't have to calculate the VLI, COBOL can do it.
ODO's enable efficient SEARCH and SEARCH ALL instructions.

RTFM, Links at top of page.
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[Anuj Dhawan]

COBOL OCCURS DEPENDING ON typically does not dynamically allocate storage -- the data structure is defined as the maximum amount of memory that could be needed. The only exception is an ODO that is part of an 01 variable in an FD.
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Anuj