Difference between index and subscript, COBOL Programming

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What is the difference b/w index and subscript?

Subscript indicates to the array occurrence whereas index is the displacement (in no of bytes) from the beginning of the array. An index can only be modified using PERFORM and SEARCH and SET.


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