Re: Notation question

13,5 has 8 digits left of the decimal point.            12345678.12345

18,5 has13 digits left of the decimal point.  1234567891234.12345


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@taylorcorp.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:02 AM
Subject: Notation question


> We are creating some documentation for our standards and somebody made a
> comment on how to notate a field that is 18 long with 5 decimal places.
>
> I said it should look like this:
> Price     18,5  (18 total bytes with 5 that are to the right of the
decimal)
>
>
> The other person said it should be like this:
> Price     13,5 (13 + 5 = 18)
>
> Which is correct, or are both correct?
>
> Aaron Bartell
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