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Question: What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usage? Explain other COBOL usages?

Answer: Comp is a binary usage, while comp-3 indicates packed decimal. The other common usages are binary and display. Display is the default. 3/28/00 Dave Herrmann: 'I was reading your FAQ on Cobol, as an fyi Comp is defined as the fastest/preferred numeric data type for the machine it runs on. IBM Mainframes are typically binary and AS400's are packed.'

December 12, 2005 03:36:46	#1
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RE: What is the difference between comp and comp-3 usa...
hai COMP Comp is used for Binary Representation it allows only S and 9 ... s9(01) to s9(04) it takes 2 bytes memory s9(05) to s9(09) it takes 4 bytes memory s9(10) to s9(18) it takes 8 bytes memory COMP-3 Comp-3 is used for Packed Decimal values it allows S,9 ,V mostly it is useful for Decimal Caluculation Values it takes (n/2)+1 Bytes Memory

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