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  3. December 2001

Edit codes

Doug,

>If it helps, consider the pattern of letters chosen for the various edit
>codes, and note the EBCDIC equivalents of the letters.  (Hint: this goes
>back to the days of 80-column cards with "zone" punches.)>

>Note that A-D are xC1 to xC4, J-M are xD1 to xD4, and 1-4 are xF1 to xF4.
>Thus the EBCDIC "zone" (eg C, D, or F) determined the sign handling (CR,
>trailing minus, or none) and the EBCDIC "digit" determined the comma and
zero
>suppression.

sorry Doug, doesn't help :(  I would find hex conversion a lot harder to
remember than just the codes :)

Interesting bit of trivia though!

Rick

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