Use ARiTH(EXTEND) as compile option and you can extend numeric field upto

i want to store 20 digits . h will u do it in cobol ?

Question Posted / nitesh sethi

Answer Posted / nitesh sethi

Use ARiTH(EXTEND) as compile option and you can extend
numeric field upto 30 digits

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