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Table E-3 HP COBOL II/XL Equivalents of SORT-MERGE/XL Data Types

SORT-MERGE/XL Data Type HP COBOL II/XL Equivalent
0byte (character)PIC X(n) or a group
1twos complement (integer)
2-byte (short integer) S9(n) COMP (where 1 ≤ ν ≤ 4)
4-byte (integer) S9(n) COMP (where 5 ≤ ν ≤ 9)
8-byte (long integer) S9(n) COMP (where 10 ≤ ν ≤ 18)
4packed decimal with odd number of digits S9(n) COMP-3 (where n is an odd number)
5packed decimal with even number of digits S9(n) COMP-3 (where n is an even number)
6display trailing signS9(n) SIGN IS TRAILING
7display leading signS9(n) SIGN IS LEADING
8display trailing sign separate S9(n) SIGN IS TRAILING SEPARATE
9Display-Leading-Sign-Separate S9(n) SIGN IS LEADING SEPARATE
10CharacterPIC X(n) or a group


NOTE: The variable n refers to an integer number.




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