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Rajkumar_n
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Hi,
I have a very basic question? sorry to post this. Need some ones advise
I have a variable defined two variables
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WS-TEST-1 PIC ---,---,---.99.
WS-TEST-2 PIC ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ.99. |
Is there any difference between two variables. Does any negotiation occur
for variable WS-TEST-1
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Rajkumar Nerella |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| Is there any difference between two variables. |
Yes. How might they be the same (other than overall length)?
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| Does any negotiation occur for variable WS-TEST-1 |
What kind of negotiation do you have in mind?
What are you trying to learn? When the question is better understood, better answers should follow. . . |
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Rajkumar_n
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I test this test case. Here are my findings
When we pass positive value to both fields
WS-TEST-1 PIC ---,---,---.99. and
WS-TEST-2 PIC ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZZ.99.
No difference is found byt when you pass negative value to above fields
WS-TEST-1 variable is good enought to hold the negative value but the second variable will not be able to hold the negative value.
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Rajkumar Nerella |
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Terry Heinze
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| The COBOL Language Reference Manual does an excellent job of answering your question (and includes examples). |
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