Hello. I'm very new at this. Do y

[lerosey]

Hello. I'm very new at this. Do you know of a reference that can tell me how Cobol packs a number to S9(18) COMP and vice versa?

How many chars does it occupy if I read the file one char at a time ?

Thank you so much.

 

[Dimandja]

 Digits in PICTURE   Clause Storage Occupied                 
 1 through 4         2 bytes                          
 5 through 9         4 bytes 
 10 through 18       8 bytes

 

[3gm]

lerosey -

Watch out for big/little endian issues (i.e. byte order). It differs depending on your platform. A google search for "COBOL big little endian COMP" will turn up some good references.

Glenn