WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 VAR1 COMP-2 VALUE 0.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MOVE 10.2115 TO VAR1.
DISPLAY 'VAR1 =' VAR1.
GOBACK.
10.2115 is stored as .10211499999999996E 02 in OS VS Cobol
10.2115 is stored as .10211500000000000E 02 in ecobol.
Any reason why?
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Answer / islam
Ans is : 10.2115 is stored as .10211500000000000E 02 in
ecobol.
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Answer / jennifer victor
comp-2 is pre defined that it stores all the data values in hexadecimal format, using 8 bytes, hence its displayed in hexa format.
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Answer / mani
comp-1 and comp-2 values can not be handled as above.
they are meant to be used for simple incrementation and i
think we can not move values like the above.
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