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How do you convert negative packed decimal number to positive PD using JCL?

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Last Update: September 01, 2008 Asked by: Ratan

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March 18, 2006 19:46:41

Culver_lake

Member Since: March 2006 Contribution: 46

RE: how do you convert negative packed decimal number ...

JCL is not a programming language, it's a script language for executing programs and defining data that programs use. Write a COBOL program to multiply the negative numbers by -1. Then use JCL to execute the program.

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July 12, 2006 05:13:01

Rajeev Gupta

RE: how do you convert negative packed decimal number ...

There is no provision in JCL to convert the sign, but you can write a sort step to change the sign and this sort step can be run in a JCL. What you would have to do to change the sign is to change the last byte of the packed decimal field from 'XC' to 'XD', where X is a given number varying from 0 to 9.

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September 01, 2008 02:19:40

prasenjit_in

Member Since: April 2008 Contribution: 18

RE: How do you convert negative packed decimal number to positive PD using JCL?

You can use the edit mask provided by DFSORT.

OUTREC FIELDS=(24,7,PD,EDIT=(T TTT TTT),SIGNS=( ,+))

Hope that this is what you were looking for.

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