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what is COBOL PIC format for assembly XL2?


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Gary Lin
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:32 pm
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assembly illustrate field as QWA01PSL DS XL2 which is the length od product section in SMF type 101. What is the equal statement in COBOL working storage as 05 QWA01PSL PIC ?(??).
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:38 pm
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X(02)?
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:55 pm
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You may want to check the IBM documentation, because if it is a length, then it might be an unaligned binary halfword, 9(04) COMP.

I've seen TOD timestamps defined as CL8 in IBM DSECTS, so further checking is warranted.

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