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Answer: what is comp-3 and advantage with examples?

June 06, 2008 07:44:03	#1
shaikmf	Member Since: June 2008 Total Comments: 2
RE: comp-3
COMP-3 is a computational method used in COBOL. COMP-3 is represented in Packed Decimail format. Decimails are alloed to this COMP-3 Field. Each digit occupies 1/2 bite of memory, so this declaration is useful and it conserves the memory. Ex: 01 A PIC S9(5) COMP-3 A will occupy 5/2+1/2(Sign) =3 Bytes of memory. other than the boundary values(4,9,18) COMP-3 will conserve the memory space.