How is sign stored in a COMP field ?

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How is sign stored in a COMP field ?

Post by Krishna » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:09 pm

How is sign stored in a COMP field in COBOL ?
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Post by Krishna » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:09 pm

In the most significant bit. Bit is on if -ve, off if +ve.
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Post by sambit_mech » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:42 am

Too much bookish answer. I don't know exactly how. Can anyone answer?
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Post by dbzTHEdinosauer » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:45 pm

sambit_mech,

suggest you change your profile,
you are a trainee in all the disciplines that you advertise,
not at all a 'professional'.

why have you attempted to denigrate the pro-offered answer,
just because of your ignorance of computer terms?

GOOGLE 'Significant bit' - and expand your knowledge and possibly increase your skill-set.

again, STOP POSTING USELESS ANSWERS
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not what you meant.
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