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[tommy123]

Hai,

I am browsing an ouput and i see display like this "000162A" from cols 24 to 30.
When i had a look at the program which is generating this output i see the declaration for a variable which is declared
as PIC S9(5)V99 value ZERO.Can anyone tell me why is the output in the 7 th byte a EBCDIC character when it is ought to be numeric.Then i put hex on to see the value of EBCDIC A to be C1.

My understanding is that since the variable is declared as SIGN,which does not occupy any extra space & it can hold both positive & negative value,in this situation has either positive or negative sign it and it is trying to store it in the rightmost byte that is why there is a EBCDIC value in the 7 th byte.Morever if that is the case,then how do i see the exact value of the variable on the display without the EBCDIC character.Does it always happen with the SIGNED variables.
What is the exact value of the variable how do i know that .

[Mervyn]

Tommy123,

Check out this link

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3PG10/1.3.4.7?DT=20020923143836
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[kolusu]

Tommy123,


Check this link which explains in detail about your question

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=2906&highlight=overpunch

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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