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Cobol - S9(2)

 
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naveen_summary
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:33 am    Post subject: Cobol - S9(2) Reply with quote
Hello Gurus,

Cobol variable declared as S9(2) has value '0A'.
When I display this it is shown as '0A'.

I then moved this to a variable X(2).
The same X(2) is now displayed as '01' (Instead of '0A'.

Why is this happening?

Please let me know.


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Declarations:

15 PAGE-HOW-MANY PIC S9(2).
01 WS-PAGE-HOW-MANY PIC X(02) VALUE SPACES.
MOVE PAGE-HOW-MANY TO WS-PAGE-HOW-MANY.



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Display in spool:
PAGE-HOW-MANY = 0A
WS-PAGE-HOW-MANY = 01
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Naveen_Summary,

Please check this link which explains why u are getting the ouput as desired:

http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=6889&highlight=zoned+decimals
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