Answer / smartboy

COMP-2 has double precision. Generally used in scientific
data calculations.

USAGE COMP-2 EXAMPLE.
A very simple practical example can be
If DB2 decleration of column is DOUBLE then we have to use
corresponding COBOL host variable as COMP-2
For float data type use COMP-1

Answer / kumar

Internal representation of COMP 2 data type is Hexadecimal
requires double word for the data item to store. Used for
accurate calculations ( more precessions )

Answer / srinivas yadav

It is used to reduce the Momery space.
comp2:
1)The data stored in the form of Hexa-decimal format.
2)The no. of bytes stored as s9(1)to s9(18)is 8 bytes of
memory.
3)It takes more precession values.

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