What is the difference between Comp-5 and Comp in Cobol ??
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What is the difference between Comp-5 and Comp in Cobol ??
What is the difference between Comp-5 and Comp in Cobol ??
COMP
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COMP half word 1 to 4 = 2 Bytes,
5 to 9= 4 Bytes
10 to 18 = 8 bytes
COMP-5
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Data items that you declare as USAGE COMP-5 are represented in storage as
binary data. However, unlike USAGE COMP items, they can contain values of
up to the capacity of the native binary representation (2, 4, or 8 bytes) rather than being limited to the value implied by the number of 9s in the PICTURE clause. When you move or store numeric data into a COMP-5 item, truncation occurs at the binary field size rather than at the COBOL PICTURE size limit. When you reference a COMP-5 item, the full binary field size is used in the operation.
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COMP half word 1 to 4 = 2 Bytes,
5 to 9= 4 Bytes
10 to 18 = 8 bytes
COMP-5
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Data items that you declare as USAGE COMP-5 are represented in storage as
binary data. However, unlike USAGE COMP items, they can contain values of
up to the capacity of the native binary representation (2, 4, or 8 bytes) rather than being limited to the value implied by the number of 9s in the PICTURE clause. When you move or store numeric data into a COMP-5 item, truncation occurs at the binary field size rather than at the COBOL PICTURE size limit. When you reference a COMP-5 item, the full binary field size is used in the operation.
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