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comp-3 field occupy?
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Answer / anil prajapati
it will occupy maximum s9(18) comp-3 i.e. 10 bytes
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Answer / ajith
for pic s9(n) comp-3,
it will occupy (n+1)/2 bytes
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Answer / ganesh
It will store INT ((n/2)+1) bytes for PIC S9(n) COMP_3;
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Answer / swamy
Comp-3 fields occupy (n+1)/2 spaces , 1 being the sign
eg: Pic S9(7) COMP-3. Byte size = (7+1)/2 = 4
Pic S9(5)V99 COMP-3. Byte size = (5+2+1)/2 = 4
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Answer / krishna
COMP-3 is hexa-decimal reprasention .the best at lower
boundaries.
If it have size is even it takes (n/2) bytes.
If it have size is odd it takes (n+1/2) bytes.
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