My mind is trying to handle the lower case letters, but that second value is basically a mask to display the value.
S is signed 9 is digit V is decimal place (#) is repeat # times (so 999 is the same as 9(3)) can't remember what the (03) is, might pad the front of the number with 0's? On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > has anyone done any cobol programming? > if so, can you explain how to parse this value? > > i get this value: +00003901 > and this description of what it is: s9(06)v99* > > eh???!?!?! > > thanks kids! > tw > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314172 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
