RE: Passing numeric fields to COBOL program

So if I defined the field in my program as packed it HAS to be hex?  This
may sound like a dumb question but if I key X'0070198F' is the first 0 the
sign digit?

Gary Lehman
Programmer Analyst
Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   tuohyp@ibm.net [mailto:tuohyp@ibm.net]
                Sent:   Tuesday, June 09, 1998 6:35 PM
                To:     'MIDRANGE-L@MIDRANGE.COM'
                Subject:        RE: Passing numeric fields to COBOL program

                Gary, does this problem occur when you are passing the
parameter from a command line? If so, the problem is that the number you are
passing is signed where as the program is expecting packed, hence you key
the number as a hex value.

                Paul Tuohy

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