Re: Odd/Even packed numbers. -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Odd/Even packed numbers.
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:58:58 -0600
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From: Barbara Morris <bmorris@ca.ibm.com>
> > From: Leif Svalgaard
> > > From: Booth Martin
> > > >  Leif, would you try one more thing since you are already there,
please?
> > > > What happens if you define it as 14S 0 and 15S 0?  Does packed vs.
signed
> > > > make a difference?

>
> Leif, 14S 0 and "signed" mean "zoned", not "signed packed".  ZND(14,0)
> in MI.  (Go figure - this use of the term "signed" has always puzzled me
> since the first time I encountered it in DDS.)
>

yeah, and in MI you can't declare an unsigned PKD or ZND.
They are always signed. So if I understand you correctly
14 0  means packed (always signed) and
14S 0 means zoned (always signed).

Correct?

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Re: Odd/Even packed numbers. , Barbara Morris
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