Re: Setting A Hex Value in COBOL


"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Remember that CH-E5-BIN is a binary halfword (two bytes). Therefore, although
the value is 'three digits' it can be accommodated into a single byte. In
fact, any value up to 255 would be OK... (It is only 'three digits' because
you are thinking in decimal :-))

What Pette says above is true AND FALSE. As the OP mentioned an IBM mainframe
compiler, this will totally depend upon what setting of TRUNC is specified - and
how the field is used. If one wants to be "totally safe" it is NEVER a "good
idea" to put a 3 (decimal) digit value into a field defined with "PIC 9(2)" -
regardless of USAGE (unless using an implementer defined usage that SAYS this is
OK, such as COMP-5 or COMP-X in some compilers).

--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com


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