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hariharan4
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Hi
I need to move a packed decimal declared in easytrieve as 6 p 2.
I declared a numeric variable as 11 N 2. when i'm trying to move a -ve value in packed decimal to the above numeric item i'm getting junk value at the last byte..
please help in this regard |
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Terry Heinze
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| Did you use a MOVE statement or an ASSIGN statement? If a move, you might have better luck with assign. Easytrieve moves do not work the same way as COBOL moves. Try B = A instead of MOVE A TO B. |
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hariharan4
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| I used the assignment operation to move using = |
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Terry Heinze
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| My Easytrieve is a bit rusty, but can you post your exact code using BBCode? |
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