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Shriram Jogdand
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Hi,
PIC S9(9)V99 COMP.
Is this declaration valid? If yes then how much bytes will it take?
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Robert Sample
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Shriram Jogdand
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| I told that we cant declare the decimal format with COMP. Either we can simply use PIC S(9)V99 or PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3. |
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Robert Sample
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Actually, from section 5.3.17.1 of the COBOL Language Reference manual:
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The PICTURE of a computational item can contain only:
9
One or more numeric character positions
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One operational sign
V
One implied decimal point
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One or more decimal scaling positions |
and S999V99 COMP is perfectly valid in Enterprise COBOL. |
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