Hello,
What is the best way to convert a numeric cobol format S9(09)V9(04) in a more readable way.
For example:
000001000000} will be -1000.0000 000001000000{ will be 1000.0000
It works with substr and =~, but may be there is a module or another better way.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
Well, it seems the module Convert::IBM390 may be able to do this, but substr would probably be enough.
Actually, Convert::IBM390 seems to be a little too specific for this: it would expect the file to be mainframe packed. A more general COBOL reading module might be nice; it would help people stuck maintaining that beast work in a language that is actually fun to work in.
Daniel T. Staal
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