Just to add, I have absolutely no clue (outside of ICL COBOL) what PIC 1 is. I'm just an applications person. The world of sysprogs is beyond me, and whilst I always enjoy the conversations here, mostly it is metres above my head :-)
In ICL COBOL, PIC 1 defines a bit. PIC 1(3) is three bits, etc. You may also have to define it as COMP-5, but it is not "our" COMP-5. One of those COBOL things. "COMPUTATIONAL" means a numeric definition, implementor-defined. Fortunately up as far as COMP-3, there is general agreement. Mostly. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
