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daye.Zheng
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Hi all,
I got a problem.
COMPUTE A = 10 ** B,
My question is what is the ** meanning??
if the B is 10, what is the result of A ?? |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
What happens when you run this on your system?
At the top of the page is a link to "IBM Manuals". Click on the COBOL Language Reference for the version of COBOL you are using. Search in that manual (the flashlight/tubelight) for "Arithmetic operators". |
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Aaru
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Daye,
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My question is what is the ** meanning??
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It refers to "exponentiation" and as suggested by Dick do refer the manuals. |
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