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title: "2 Brainy tips on saving memory in COBOL"
description: "These tips save lot of memory in COBOL Programming. Read more."
url: https://srinimf.com/2016/07/30/2-brainy-tips-saving-memory-in-cobol/
date: 2016-07-30
modified: 2026-10-10
author: "Srini"
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tags: ["Best COBOL performance tuning tips", "COBOL Tips and Tricks"]
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# 2 Brainy tips on saving memory in COBOL

Always writing COBOL program in an efficient way improves performance. Writing better [program means](https://srinimf.com/2012/03/21/cics-quasi-reentrant-program/) you need real experience.

**Tips [to save](https://srinimf.com/2010/08/22/db2-varchar-compression/) memory in COBOL**

- One best option is always use redefines in your program and in copy books. This will be avoided space utilisation
- Unless you needed always use less [working storage](https://srinimf.com/2015/04/16/cics-multithreading-and-working-storage/) variables. Thatmeans try [to use](https://srinimf.com/2012/04/02/cics-working-storage/) 88 level variables. These are actually logical in nature. So you can save memory.
- Adding ‘*’ at 7 th position in COBOL program, is bad programming. It generally takes memory even though compiler skips the line.So, if you are not coding simply leave as empty space. It is okay if you  use this to write comments.

Related[Alternative Solution for COBOL Reference Modification](https://srinimf.com/2016/07/15/alternative-to-cobol-reference-modification/)

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