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On 5/13/2013 10:47 AM, CRPence wrote:
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Does that claim imply that the 12 byte string [with character b
representing blanks] 'bbbbbb-79349', when stored in a zoned decimal
variable, will compare as less than a zero value? Please tell me that is
not so!
As requested, "That is not so." :-)
'bbbbbb-79349' would be handled the same as '000000079349', so it would
not compare less than 0.
'bbbbbb-79349' = x'40404040404060F7F9F3F4F9'
The zones are ignored for the first N-1 bytes, so this is the value
that's used:
'bbbbbb-79349' = x' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 3 4F9'
'000000079349' = x'F0F0F0F0F0F0F7F9F3F4F9'
The zones are ignored for the first N-1 bytes, so this is the value
that's used, same as the one with the zeros:
'000000079349' = x' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 3 4F9'
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