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umesh khadaria
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| I want to write a cobol code for comparinig 2 numbers but not to use any if condition. can anyone crack this????? |
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dick scherrer
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Hello and welcome to the forum,
You could use EVALUATE. |
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umesh khadaria
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| I dont want to use any conditions. is there any code so that by using on compute verb we can do this. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Maybe it will help if you describe exactly what you are wanting to accomplish.
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| I dont want to use any conditions. |
Of course you do - if we can believe your original post.
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| code for comparinig 2 numbers |
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If you are playing some technical puzzle game, it would be good to mention this. This is most likely not for any business requirement.
Once we understand better, we may be able to provide other suggestions. |
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umesh khadaria
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sure its a technical puzzle...
suppose i have 2 numbers A and B.
i want to find out which is greater. i cant use IF and Evaluate Statement.
one way i had found is sort them in a file and check there occurence.
is there any arithmatic computation by which we can achieve this.. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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... at the end of the string, You will find some kind of comparison,
( sort will have to compare things )
the only way to get away with it, given that the numbers are in the proper format,
is good old assembler, many arithmetic and load operations operation will set the condition code
I' ll leave to You to find out all the different behaviors,
two positive, two negatives, one of each |
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enrico-sorichetti
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if it is a puzzle, You should have posted in a different forum
and be ready after a while to post also the answer.... |
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expat
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| Maybe HOMEWORK is a better description of the thread. |
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Craq Giegerich
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| Try Subtraction! |
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