Re: The MOVE problem

In article <mruei3d4q4qf84dpofamhfbja1n8gsm176@xxxxxxx>,
Robert <no@xxxxxx> writes:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:51:19 +0100, "Roger While" <simrw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. MOVEX.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 AA.
03 A PIC 9 OCCURS 9.
01 CC.
03 C PIC 9 OCCURS 9.
01 B PIC 9.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MOVE "987654321" TO AA.
MOVE "123456789" TO CC.
MOVE 3 TO B.
MOVE A(B) TO B C(B).
DISPLAY CC.
DISPLAY B.
GOBACK.

What shouzld be displayed in various compatible modes?

123456789
7

I got:

123456389
7

which is about what I expected, but I am not sure that the correct
answer isn't compiler dependant. Does the standard address actual
order of execution for things like this? Or side effects?

bill

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