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Add 25 digit long numbers

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Prajesh_v_p



Joined: 24 May 2006
Posts: 111
Location: India
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:41 pm    Post subject: Add 25 digit long numbers  
Hi All,

One quick question!

How can we add 25 digit long numbers in COBOL. Looks like Numeric data has a limitation of 18 digits.

Thanks in advance!
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enrico-sorichetti



Joined: 14 Mar 2007
Posts: 3168
Location: italy
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply to: Add 25 digit long numbers  
look at the cobol manuals and
search the forum for ARITH EXTENDED
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sudhakar84



Joined: 20 Jun 2008
Posts: 21
Location: chennai
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply to: Add 25 digit long numbers  
Default compiler option for a cobol program will be ARITH(COMPAT).With this compiler option we can do calculation only up to a 18-digit Number.

Please compile the program with the compile parameters ARITH(EXTEND) so that we can do calculation up to a 31-digit Number.
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