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dasan
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Hi,
How to define an binary number in Cobol? |
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Marso
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use COMP:
PIC S9(4) COMP for halfword
PIC S9(8) COMP for fullword |
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MFRASHEED
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vijay_bn79
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COMP is the binary represention of data item in COBOL
Ex:-
ws-cop pic S9(4) COMP |
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cobolunni
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Defining a binary number means what?
COMP only converts the number to binary at the time of storage
so it increases the speed of arithmatic operations is that what you asked |
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