How do you pass parameters to the program as the

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How do you pass parameters to the program as the job is being executed?

By using 'parm' parameter in exec statement. the value mentioned here should be declared in linkage section in the program and process thru procedure division. this technique is very useful when you do not know the parameters at the time of coding the programs.

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