High values and low values into numeric datatype

lagneshp · New User Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Chennai

Hi,

Can anyone say me that High values or low values can be moved into variable which has numeric Data type.

Ex: ABC PIC 9(3)
Is it possibleto code : move low-values into ABC or move high-values into ABC.

Robert Sample · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:03 pm Post subject:

What do you mean by (sic) "numeric Data type"? Zoned decimal? Packed decimal? Binary? Floating point? All are valid numeric data types in COBOL.

What results did you get when you attempted this yourself?

lagneshp · New User Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Chennai

Hi Robert,

I Read that High-values and Low-values are alpha numeric where High-values have x(FF) and Low-values have x(00).
consider it as a display datatype ( As in my example i didnt mentioned any numeric Data type, Zoned decimal, Packed decimal, Binary, Floating point).

Now Can u tell me that High values or low values can be moved into variable which has numeric Data type(Display).

CICS Guy · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:33 pm Post subject:

Figurative constants and alphanumeric literals must consist only of numeric characters and will be treated as numeric integer fields.

Figurative constants
Figurative constants are reserved words that name and refer to specific constant values.
HIGH-VALUE...
LOW-VALUE...

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject:

Hint (for what Robert has asked): It is important to note that HIGH-VALUES and LOW-VALUES are ALPHANUMERIC in type, so you can't set numerically defined variables to this type (you would have to implicitly redefine the variable first). This is an annoying quirk of COBOL.

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:49 pm Post subject:

Hello,

lagneshp · New User Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Chennai

Thanks for your answers.