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Since you are using an AS/400, use the 18,5. If you were using PCs, you would use 13,5 (dBase, etc... although it would be 13.5, I believe C/C++ also uses 13.5 syntax). If you are using mixed AS/400 PC apps, I would us 18 length 5 decimal positions :) Regards, Jim Langston -----Original Message----- From: Bartell, Aaron L. (TC) [mailto:ALBartell@taylorcorp.com] 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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