The following COBOL program depicts the use of 

STRING DELIMITED BY SIZE     

 

 

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

       PROGRAM-ID. PGM040.

       AUTHOR. MAINFRAMEWIZARD.

       DATA DIVISION.

       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

       01 WS-TITLE      PIC X(3)  VALUE SPACES.

       01 WS-FIRST-NAME PIC X(20) VALUE SPACES.

       01 WS-LAST-NAME  PIC X(20) VALUE SPACES.

       01 WS-FULL-NAME  PIC X(43) VALUE SPACES.

       PROCEDURE DIVISION.

       10000-MAIN-PARA.

             MOVE 'MR#'               TO WS-TITLE

             MOVE 'MAINFRAME#WIZARD#' TO WS-FIRST-NAME

             MOVE 'COM#'              TO WS-LAST-NAME

             STRING WS-TITLE      DELIMITED BY SIZE

                    WS-FIRST-NAME DELIMITED BY SIZE

                    WS-LAST-NAME  DELIMITED BY SIZE

                    INTO WS-FULL-NAME

             DISPLAY 'RESULTANT STRING IS  = '

               WS-FULL-NAME

             STOP RUN.

 

 

 

The output of the program is 

 

RESULTANT STRING IS  = MR#MAINFRAME#WIZARD#   COM#