Hi All,
how is sign is stored in S9(17) comp-3 variable.
Answer with an Example will be of great help.

Answer Posted / srinivas adilapuram

The sign is stored seperately as rightmost half-a-byte
regardless of whether 'S' is specified in the PIC clause or not.

Thanks
Srinivas

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