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Your cohort's note is slightly misleading. Substitute "plus" for "with" and you probably would not have had a problem. The definition translates to a total field length of 7 with 2 decimal places. The "(5)" tells COBOL that the "9" occurs 5 times before the decimal point. Donald R. Fisher, III Senior Programmer/Analyst Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company (804) 784-7500 ext. 2124 Don.Fisher@HeiligMeyers.com -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET] Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 8:07 AM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: Question on Cobol (Unix) file layouts... Importance: High Hi Folks ! <clip> 05 CNVH-EXTDSALESTAX PIC 9 (5) V99 . 5 numeric with 2 deciimals 05 CNVH-EXTFTOTALORDER PIC 9 (5) V99 . 5 numeric with 2 decimals <clip> My question is, how do YOU interpret the last 2 fields from Unix/Cobol (?) to the AS/400 PF field designation ? +--- | 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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