So, from the “RBCHAR” this is hex floating point. So with ‘45’ the First 5
nibbles of the rest are before the point. I’m wondering what this field is
that it should have a fractional part. (I guess I should look it up.)

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> On 11 Jun 2020, at 20:59, Barry Merrill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Merrill <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 10:02 AM
> To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: SMF 71 long floating point fields
>
> To SAS, they are straightforward RB8. fields with exponent and mantissa.
>
> SMF71AFB=80737.714286 RBCHAR=4513B61B6DB6DB6D
> SMF71AFB=80700.142857 RBCHAR=4513B3C249249249
> SMF71AFB=80701.285714 RBCHAR=4513B3D492492492
> SMF71AFB=80811.428571 RBCHAR=4513BAB6DB6DB6DB
> SMF71AFB=80817.571429 RBCHAR=4513BB1924924924
> SMF71AFB=80786.714286 RBCHAR=4513B92B6DB6DB6D
> SMF71AFB=80867.857143 RBCHAR=4513BE3DB6DB6DB6
> SMF71AFB=80680.428571 RBCHAR=4513B286DB6DB6DB
> SMF71AFB=80578.285714 RBCHAR=4513AC2492492492
> SMF71AFB=80708.428571 RBCHAR=4513B446DB6DB6DB
> SMF71AFB=80688.714286 RBCHAR=4513B30B6DB6DB6D
> SMF71AFB=80779 RBCHAR=4513B8B000000000
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf
Of Pierre Fichaud
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 6:12 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: SMF 71 long floating point fields
>
> There are many of them. I'm guessing these are hex floating point.
> Could someone confirm this or correct me ?
> Thanks, Pierre.
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