hex to floating point to decimal from file input

drstrong · Post by **drstrong** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:12 pm

I am reading a file on z/os using LE Cobol. One of the fields in a record has the hex value '401999999999999A'. This is the hex representation of a floating point, double precision value that is equal to decimal 6.45. Is there a way to read that field into my program and produce that decimal value?

DikDude · Post by **DikDude** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:59 am

Are you sure this is an FP value? It looks like a signed zoned-decimal.

drstrong · Post by **drstrong** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:21 am

It's definitely FP. The client providing the data gave me the 'answer' to that field and when I plug in 6.4 into one of the many online IEEE-754 converters, it comes up with that hex value.

DikDude · Post by **DikDude** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:33 am

Suggest you follow the IBM Manuals link at the top of the page.

Then search in the Enterprise COBOL Language Reference.

There is a Lot of ino concerning Floating Point.

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hex to floating point to decimal from file input

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