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  3. February 2003

RE: Extname problem

> From: Bill
>
> Ok, then when I move the data structure to a field and then view
> the field in debug with eval I see, in the emulator that I'm
> using, 'garbage' characters in the field where the numerics should be.

Yes you will, if the numeric data is packed.  Are you familiar with how
packed data is stored?  The number 123 in a packed field is stored as
X'123F', with the last nybble (the "F") indicating that it is a positive
number.  Some of the "characters" in a packed field will have hex values
like X'12', which doesn't display nicely on a 5250 display.

Joe

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