Answer Posted / gopal chand

01 a pic s9(5) value '-12345' how it will be stored

It will be stored :
1234u

In data files Negative Values are Stored as per the
following manner

0-p 1-q 2-r 3-s 4-t 5-u 6-v 7-w 8-x 9-y

The Last Digit of the No. is stored like this in the
following example.

Example: 01 a pic s9(4)v99

move -3456.23 to a.
display a.
Output is : 34562s

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