how many bytes does s9(15) occupy in comp1 comp2 and comp3 ?

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how many bytes does s9(15) occupy in comp1 comp2 and comp3 ?..

Answer / rana

COMP1 and COMP2 are the Single precision (Full word - 4
bytes) and Double precision (Double word - 8 bytes)
respectively.
They don't contain the Picture Clause.

COMP-3 will contain 8 Bytes.

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how many bytes does s9(15) occupy in comp1 comp2 and comp3 ?..

Answer / shiva

COMP1-IT OCCUPIES 4 BYTES TO STORE UP TO 18 CHARACTERS
COMP2-IT OCCUPIES 8 BYTE TO STORE UP TO 18 CHARACTERS
COMP3-IT OCCUPIES HALF BYTE FOR EACH CHARACTER AND HALF BYTE
FOR SIGN...FOR ODD DATA LENGTH SO IT OCCUPIES
(15/2=7.5)+(1/2)=7.5+0.5=8 BYTES.

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how many bytes does s9(15) occupy in comp1 comp2 and comp3 ?..

Answer / srinivasa yadav

COMP1 : IT TAKES 4 BYTES OF MEMORY.
COMP2 : IT TAKES 8 BYTES OF MEMORY.
COMP3 : IT TAKES 8 BYTES OF MEMORY.

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how many bytes does s9(15) occupy in comp1 comp2 and comp3 ?..

Answer / raghunathareddy

3bytes

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