could some one pls tell me what would be the max limit that can be stored in a variable defined as PIC S9(9) USAGE COMP
please explain also how you calculated .
TIA
Mave
Max Limit for PIC S9(9) USAGE COMP ??
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COMP COBOL COMP USAGE
USAGE COMP occupies the storage as per below info.
COMP usage can have maximum of 8 bytes for internal representation of a variable.
COMP usage can have maximum of 8 bytes for internal representation of a variable.
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S9(01) to S9(04) takes 2 bytes for storage - Half word
S9(05) to S9(08) takes 4 bytes of storage - Full Word
S9(09) - S9(18) takes 8 bytes. - Double word
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