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COMPUTE A = 10 ** B??

 
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daye.Zheng

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:19 am    Post subject: COMPUTE A = 10 ** B??
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Hi all,

I got a problem.

COMPUTE A = 10 ** B,

My question is what is the ** meanning??

if the B is 10, what is the result of A ??
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:43 am    Post subject:
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Hello,

What happens when you run this on your system?

At the top of the page is a link to "IBM Manuals". Click on the COBOL Language Reference for the version of COBOL you are using. Search in that manual (the flashlight/tubelight) for "Arithmetic operators".
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Aaru

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply to: COMPUTE A = 10 ** B??
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Daye,

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My question is what is the ** meanning??


It refers to "exponentiation" and as suggested by Dick do refer the manuals.
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