Re: Cobol convert program Job Request

On Feb 23, 8:51 am, Louis Krupp <lkr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


The record matches the layout perfectly!
Micro Focus S9(4) COMP is two bytes binary
and 9V9(4) COMP is three bytes binary.

How do you fit a sign and four digits into two bytes? (Or am I being
unusually dense today?)

In binary (as stated). The value in 16 bit can be -32368 to 32367
which is a larger range than -9999 to 9999.

COMP (in this case) however is byte reversed compared to intel format
being big-endian.



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