pl1 bin float(21) format to decimal

[iswar]

I have bin float(21) PL/1 datatype which is 4 byte long binary with first one being sign, the next one being the exponent the rest being the value in hexadecimal. I want to convert this to a decimal number, it is loss & expense value so the dollar amount would normally have 2 decimal values.

[Frank Yaeger]

DFSORT supports FL format for signed floating point hexadecimal values (4 or 8 bytes). I don't know if that's what you have or not. For more information on what FL values look like, see:

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0630155256

If it is FL, then DFSORT can convert it to an integer.