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ranga_subham
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:11 am    Post subject: Advantage of this PIC Reply with quote
Hi,

Would you please tell me the advantage the following declaration?

10 XXXX-BXXXX-AXXX-CD PIC S9(11)V USAGE COMP-3.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ranga_subham,

Absolutely NO advantage at all . V is just an indicator of the location of the assumed decimal point. When the assumed decimal point is to the right of the rightmost symbol in the string, the V is redundant. It is not counted in the size of the elementary item.

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