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COMP defines the field as Packed Decimal. However, a packed length of 4 would allow for the placement of 7 numeric characters plus a sign field. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Upshall [mailto:rupshall@psasoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:44 PM To: rpg400-l@midrange.com Subject: What to map this to? I have a tape that I am being sent by a customer. I have to input the file and convert it to our format. I have a record layout from our customer but it appears the file was created with COBOL, we use RPG. My problem is I'm not sure how to input one of the fields. The field is defined as positions 21-24, length 4, with a pic claus of PIC S9(9) COMP. My COBOL is very rusty, I have looked at or written a program since college and from my memory S9(9) would be a value of -999999999 to +999999999 ... how does this fit into a feild of lenght 4 and how do I read this value properly in RPG? Robert Upshall Professional Software of Amarillo (806) 358-8928 rupshall@psasoft.com _______________________________________________ This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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