I need to add these two variables to get the result as zero.

dhivakarram · New User Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 5 Location: chennai

01 WS-NUM-STR1 PIC X(04) VALUE '-450'.
01 WS-NUM-STR2 PIC X(04) VALUE '+450'.

I need to add these two variables to get the result as zero.

I need help to sort out this.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:17 am

Hello,

At the top of the page is a link to "IBM Manuals".

Pick the COBOL Language Reference for your version of COBOL and read about NUMVAL/NUMVAL-C.

Make sure the result field is defined as numeric.

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:34 am

I'm surprised when I see a basic/rudimentary question like this, from someone who joined the forum nearly fours ago (one and one-half years before I did), but yet, this is only their 5th post?

It certainly makes me wonder....

Bill

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 12:51 am

Hi Bill,

Many prefer to watch for topics of interest and read these and only rarely post.

Check out the number of views some of the topics have accumulated (versus the number of replies).

I believe there are very many who have come away with useful info even thought they did not post in the topic(s) that helped

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