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Maximum value of a comp-3 variable


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CICS Guy

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:05 am
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Bitneuker wrote:
Yep........I did it in the last century using PL/1 calculating interest over big money. Just deal with p- and q-parts.
I don't know, there was a similar thread a while back and I too thought that it could be gotten around....But after trying with extreme values, the number of digits exceeded the available number and precision was lost.....
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:32 am
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thanks for information.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:30 pm
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Bitneuker wrote:
Yep........I did it in the last century using PL/1 calculating interest over big money. Just deal with p- and q-parts.
I stand corrected, had a little think time and came up wit a solution along your lines........
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:06 pm
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CICS Guy wrote:
I stand corrected, had a little think time and came up wit a solution along your lines........


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