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Subject: Using An Unsigned Field
From: Robert Munday <rwmunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:34:50 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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I have found a field defined as 5 U 0 which I would normally define as 5 I 0.  
This field is used as a result for a scan operation:

D Pos             S              5U 0 

Pos = %Scan(' ': FIELDA)  

Is there any value in having this field unsigned instead of signed?



Robert Munday
Munday Software Consultants
Montgomery, AL
on assignment in Dublin, OH

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