Re: Unsigned Packed Decimal Data

Shahid,

If the data is of the form x"123456", then I have processed it as follows:

05  PACKQTY  PIC X(3).

05  WS-PACKQTY-AREA.
    10  WS-PACKQTY-COMP-6 PIC X(3).
    10  FILLER                               PIC SV9 COMP-3 VALUE ZERO.
05  WS-PACKQTY-COMP-3  REDEFINES WS-PACKQTY-AREA  PIC S9(6)V9 COMP-3.

MOVE PACKQTY TO WS-PACKQTY-COMP-6.

After the move, WS-PACKQTY-COMP-3 should hold the value of PACKQTY in a
COMP-3 format.

Peter.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shahid Yaqoob" <syaqoob@acp.com.sa>
To: <COBOL400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: Unsigned Packed Decimal Data


>
>
> Here is the example of unsigned packed decimal data which was supported by
> RM-COBOL only.
> 05  PACKQTY                     PIC 9(6)       COMP-6.
> 05  ORGDATE                    PIC 9(6)       COMP-6.
> 05  MDATE                          PIC 9(6)       COMP-6.
> 05  USER                             PIC 99          COMP-6.
> 05  DESC                             PIC X(19).
> 05  FILLER                          PIC X(39).
>
> The attatched save file has sample records according to the above format
> (See attached file: Comp6.dta)
>
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