"The maximum number of decimal digits allowed is 15. Default precision, assumed when no specification is made, is (5,0). The internal coded arithmetic form of decimal fixed-point data is packed decimal. Packed decimal is stored two digits to the byte, with a sign indication in the rightmost four bits of the rightmost byte. Consequently, a decimal fixed-point data item is always stored as an odd number of digits, even though the declaration of the variable may specify the number of digits (p) as an even number."
Page 17 http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/pli/GC33-0009-3_OS_PLI_Language_Reference_Jul74.pdf Joe On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 8:43 AM Robin Vowels <robi...@dodo.com.au> wrote: > You think that I am not looking at IBM's PL/I LRM? > > On 2020-09-07 23:25, Joe Monk wrote: > > The answer is here: > > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSY2V3_5.2.0/com.ibm.ent.pl1.zos.doc/lr/resarithoprt.html > > > > Joe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
