Feb 16, 2006 · How are you determining it? When unpacking, I would move 99v99999 comp 3 to 99v99999 dicimal and then dislplay that to see what it is. You can do mathematical operations …

Jan 26, 2001 · Trying to correct the following logic so that I can see the correct figure from the input to the ouput. This is how the program is stated currently: code] 01 IN-REC. 05 AMOUNT …

Dec 9, 2002 · For example, to move it to a COMP field requires a PACK and a CVB instruction. To move a COMP field to a DISPLAY field requires a CVD and UNPACK. In each case, the …

May 1, 2002 · PIC 9 (5) comp is stored internally as 2 bytes, but this does ot mean comp fields are not coded as PiC 9 (2) comp. In regards to the last post, If the 9 display field is moved to a …

Jul 22, 2002 · I am reading in a field on an input file as a PIC S9(3) COMP-3 field and simply want to move that to another PIC S9(3) COMP-3 field. However I am having problems trying to …

Feb 5, 2001 · According to my manual, s9 (7) comp-3 requires 4 bytes, while s9 (2) comp-3 requites 2 bytes and s9 (5) comp-3 requires 3 bytes for a total of 5 bytes. I've always moved a …

Apr 8, 2006 · Hi There, I'm new to COBOL and was hoping someone could help me with the truncation problem I am having. I am trying to move : WW-BALANCE PIC S9(9) COMP-3 to …

Aug 7, 2000 · I need to string several variables together and one of them is S9(9)COMP. How do I change it to PIC X() in order to use it with the STRING command?

Nov 19, 2002 · I'm trying to move a field that is defined as Pic S9(05) Comp-3., to a field defined as Pic X(03)..can someone help. I'm new at this, and am thinking I'll have to create a working …

Sep 29, 2008 · Hi guys, I'm currently working on something which requires me to move an unpacked numeric to a packed numeric variable in a copybook. 02 UNPACKED-NUMBER PIC …