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i want to create a 3or more than 3 dimensional array, how do i create it and add some content in it?

Enterprise COBOL supports arrays up to 7 dimensions. Just define the OCCURS variables, set your subscripts (or indexes) and use the array elements just like any other array in COBOL.

Hello and welcome to the forum,

Is this just out of curiosity or do you have some requirement? Is this a solution in search of a requirement?

actually ths was our assingment so would u plz help me?

Robert Sample wrote:Enterprise COBOL supports arrays up to 7 dimensions. Just define the OCCURS variables, set your subscripts (or indexes) and use the array elements just like any other array in COBOL.

ya i know we hv to use OCCURS clause but for 3 dimensional it must be written 3 times as shown



is this correct?
if not would u please tell me the proper code..!

and hw does we access it.

Your definition is exactly right. You would need to define subscript variables for each dimension, set them appropriately, then use them to access NUM. For example, or you could define an INDEXED BY for each OCCURS clause and use the indexes instead of subscripts.

Robert Sample, thanks thats was helpful