Now there's a great trivia question: "When does changing data formats increase a fullword's range by a factor of 214?" Since 214 isn't any sort of "normal" value, I bet few would think of this!
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Martin Ward Sent: Monday, December 1, 2025 7:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: quick way to initialize Packed fields? A four byte packed decimal field has 7 digits plus sign for a maximum value of 9.999999 million, not 9 billion. A four byte signed binary has a max value of 2.14 billion Switching from four byte packed decimal to four byte binary increases the range by a factor of 214.
