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socker_dad
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I am working on a project and had the following fields:
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01 STATUS-DATE.
05 STAT-DATE-MM PIC 99.
05 STAT-DATE-DD PIC 99.
05 STAT-DATE-YY PIC 99.
01 STATUS-DATE-PACKED PIC S9(7) COMP-3.
MOVE STATUS-DATE TO STATUS-DATE-PACKED.
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This resulted in a S0C7.
Changing the STATUS-DATE to this:
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01 STATUS-DATE PIC 9(06).
01 FILLER REDEFINES STATUS-DATE.
05 STAT-DATE-MM PIC 99.
05 STAT-DATE-DD PIC 99.
05 STAT-DATE-YY PIC 99.
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Results in successful process.
COBOL is a funny duck.  |
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Devzee
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| Moving alphanumeric to comp-3 will cause abend. |
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kiran_65
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| Initialize the comp-3 variable. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Well, doing this
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| Initialize the comp-3 variable. |
is always a good idea, but initializing the receiving field will have no affect on a move. |
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William Thompson
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Assuming Enterprise COBOL, The move is legal.
Does STATUS-DATE contain numeric data?
It would be interesting to see the difference in the generated code and which instruction actually got the exception. |
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agkshirsagar
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This may sound a dumb question but did MOVE result in S0C7? 
Group data items are alphanumeric, so the move will be considered as alphanumeric move. For such alphanumeric moves compiler will generate MVC instruction. Even if the STATUS-DATE contains numeric data, this may result in moving invalid data in COMP-3 variable.
Example:
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01 STATUS-DATE VALUE '012345'.
05 STAT-DATE-MM PIC 99.
05 STAT-DATE-DD PIC 99.
05 STAT-DATE-YY PIC 99.
01 STATUS-DATE-PACKED PIC S9(7) COMP-3.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MOVE STATUS-DATE TO STATUS-DATE-PACKED.
ADD 1 TO STATUS-DATE-PACKED. ======> soc7 |
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mmwife
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Hi SD,
In the orig case you moved a group item to a packed field and no conversion took place.
Withthe redfef you changed the orig field to an elementary item and conversion took place. |
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socker_dad
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Of course! By NOT defining the group level as numeric, it defaulted to alphanumeric - making the move to a comp-3 field invalid.
Must have had an alzheimer's moment....... 
Thanks guys! (and gals) |
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kbmkris
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Is there any way to define the group variable as numeric? i.e. to change from the default of alphanumeric
Thanks,
Bala |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
No. By definition, group fields are alpha-numeric.
You can sometimes use the content as numeric, but the definition of group fields is alpha-numeric. |
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mmwife
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| No, the only way is to redefine it. |
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kbmkris
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| Thanks dick & Jack:-) |
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dick scherrer
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You're welcome  |
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mmwife
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| My pleasure. |
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