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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

01 VAR1 COMP-2 VALUE 0.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

MOVE 10.2115 TO VAR1.

DISPLAY 'VAR1 =' VAR1.

GOBACK.



10.2115 is stored as .10211499999999996E 02 in OS VS Cobol

10.2115 is stored as .10211500000000000E 02 in ecobol.

Any reason why?

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 VAR1 COMP-2 VALUE 0. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 10.2115 TO VAR..

Answer / islam

Ans is : 10.2115 is stored as .10211500000000000E 02 in
ecobol.

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 VAR1 COMP-2 VALUE 0. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 10.2115 TO VAR..

Answer / jennifer victor

comp-2 is pre defined that it stores all the data values in hexadecimal format, using 8 bytes, hence its displayed in hexa format.

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 VAR1 COMP-2 VALUE 0. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 10.2115 TO VAR..

Answer / mani

comp-1 and comp-2 values can not be handled as above.

they are meant to be used for simple incrementation and i
think we can not move values like the above.

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