Re: Unsigned Packed Decimal Data -- RPG400-L

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I dunno what system it was running on. I just told him that I'd have to do some 'creative' programming to handle the COMP-6 data (the appended x'0F' trick mentioned in other postings). He said he'd just convert the data to COMP-3 instead.
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Didn't IBM drop support for RM-COBOL at some version or another of OS/400? I did look at a package in the early 80's written in that.
Rob Berendt
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AS400 _currently_ only supports signed packed. Luckily, I was able to get the RM-COBOL programmer to change the data type in his program. =========================

There is a Computational Class 6 (COMP-6) supported by RM-COBOL which is Unsigned Packed Decimal and I have to read that data in RPG.
Thx

Packed decimal data type is always signed.
Alexei Pytel

"Shahid Yaqoob" <syaqoob@acp.com.sa>@midrange.com on 11/01/2000 09:48:04 AM
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Hi
How the can I read unsigned packed decimal data. Is there any special data type in RPG to handle this type of data.
I will appreciate your help

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