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Suppose i have a variable with s9(18)v99 comp3 . what is the size of variable . If s9(18) comp3 is 10 bytes . There should be some difference between two allocations ?


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Suppose i have a variable with s9(18)v99 comp3 . what is the size of variable . If s9(18) comp3 is 1..

Answer / abi

ID DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. PA.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
*01 B PIC X(20) VALUE ALL '1'.
01 A PIC S9(18)V99 COMP-3.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MAIN-PARA.
MOVE 1111111111111111111 TO A.
DISPLAY A.
STOP RUN.
********************** Bottom of Dat
when we are executed this program we got it following
discription.

*More than 18 digit positions were specified in
a "PICTUURE" string for a numeric or numeric edited item.
A "PICTURE" string of "S9(18)" was assumed
.
* Numeric literal "1111111111111111111" was longer than
than the maximum allowed length. The literal was truncated
to "111111111111111111".

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Suppose i have a variable with s9(18)v99 comp3 . what is the size of variable . If s9(18) comp3 is 1..

Answer / chaitu215

Memory related

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