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O.k. Leif, I'll bite. What's so slick about that? I gather that you don't end up displaying '2'? (5 - 7 = -2, but XX is unsigned, so it = 2?) Dan Bale IT - AS/400 Handleman Company 248-362-4400 Ext. 4952 D.Bale@Handleman.com Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.) -------------------------- Original Message -------------------------- From: Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net> > James Kilgore gave a great example of something that's too slick (the old > MDY-YMD date multiply trick.) Are there any other contributions? in COBOL: 02 XX PIC 9(4). 02 YY PIC S9(4) VALUE 7. 02 ZZ PIC S9(4) VALUE 5. ... COMPUTE XX = ZZ - YY DISPLAY XX +--- | 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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