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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luis Rodriguez
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BTW, in our system (V5R3) , a negative ZONED field registers as N.
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The displayed value (DSPPFM) of a signed field is a combination of the zone and digit portions of the byte. The result, ergo, will depend upon the value of the digit portion since, for a negative value, the zone is always a 'D'. On a display file panel, if one does not leave room for the sign on the right, the character value (J-R, }) will be displayed; otherwise, the numeric value will be displayed with the sign at the right.
I started out on a Burroughs system (don't ask) years ago. The sign for numeric fields was LEFT justified (i.e., in the first byte whether packed or unpacked). When we converted to a S/3, we had to write a program to convert the sign to the RIGHT most byte.
Jerry C. Adams
IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
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