Re: COBOL 101 Question

["Jim Essinger" <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,

Yes - you can init a structure, as long as you name the immediate
group name. The fields in the group will be initialized with their
default values. If there are no default values specified on a field,
then numeric fields get zeros and character fields get spaces. I'm not
sure what you get for date and time datatype fields.

HTH

Jim



On 6/3/08, Robert Munday <rwmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have an elementary question about initializing a table.  Because of staff
> turnover, there are no experienced programmers here who can answer this.
>
> I have a code example which sets a counter and initializes each table
> element until all have been initialized.  Is it possible just to issue an
> initialize on the whole table?  We do that in RPG.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Robert Munday
> Munday Software Consultants
> Montgomery, AL
> on assignment in Columbia, SC
> soon to be somewhere else...
>
>
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