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Hi Everybody, Thanks a lot. I got what I wanted. Thanks again ans Happy new year. Rajeev. From: Joe Teff <jteff19@idt.net> To: "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Subject: RE: Parameters passed to RPG Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:31:04 -0600 Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >> X'19' needs to be X'019F' >> X'981024' needs to be X'0981024F' > But why I need to expand it to 4 or to 8 digits when it's already an > even no. of digits. The right most 4-bits is the sigh (i.e. the F). This is required for a packed decimal field. '19' is an even number, but it has to be '19F'. That makes it odd, so we add a zero to the front to get it even. The number would actually take up 2 bytes (8 bits per byte). 0 1 9 F 0000 0001 1001 1111 -1st byte - - 2nd byte - +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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