Thursday, January 6, 2011

difference between examine and inspect in cobol used for IBM Mainframe

EXAMINE & INSPECT are used for same purpose. INSPECT is used now, which has replaced EXAMINE. The EXAMINE statement is an HP extension to the ANSI COBOL standard. It has been replaced by the INSPECT statement, Although HP COBOL II includes the EXAMINE statement for compatibility with COBOL'68, it is advisable that one should use the INSPECT statement for coding new programs.
For reading more please refer the following link:
http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/B3150090013.11820/84

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