Example
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. STRINGVAL.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WORK-AREAS.
05 I-STRING PIC X(08) VALUE 'STRNGVAL'.
05 O-STRING PIC XBXBXBXBXBXBXBX.
88 O-STRING-IS-EMPTY VALUE SPACES.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
GENESIS.
PERFORM MAINLINE
PERFORM FINALIZATION
GOBACK
.
MAINLINE.
DISPLAY 'STRINGVAL EXAMPLE IS STARTING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
DISPLAY '=== USING MOVE STATEMENT ==='
MOVE I-STRING TO O-STRING
DISPLAY 'O STRING= ' O-STRING
DISPLAY '=== USING STRING STATEMENT ==='
SET O-STRING-IS-EMPTY TO TRUE
STRING I-STRING ( 1 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
I-STRING ( 2 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
I-STRING ( 3 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
I-STRING ( 4 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
I-STRING ( 5 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
I-STRING ( 6 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
I-STRING ( 7 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
I-STRING ( 8 : 1 ) DELIMITED BY SIZE
' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE
INTO O-STRING
DISPLAY 'O STRING= ' O-STRING
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FINALIZATION.
DISPLAY 'STRINGVAL EXAMPLE IS COMPLETE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
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END PROGRAM STRINGVAL.