Answer / syam

"COMP" in Cobol = Binary storage format(if -ve bit is ON,
if +ve bit is OFF)
COMP-1 = Single precision floating point. Uses 4 bytes.
COMP-2 = Double precision floating point. Uses 8 bytes.
COMP-3 = packed decimal format. Uses 4 bytes.


Example 01 WS-VAR USAGE COMP-1.

Answer / syam

COMP = Compare in RPG, to compare two fields value.

AA = 01
BB = 02


C AA COMP 01 99 (found)
C BB COMP AA 99 (not found)

99 = on not found
99 = off found

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