Ze'ev Atlas wrote: >Obviously, I know that and I realized that the issue is integral boundaries! >So I resolved it by adding a dummy two bytes variable in the end of each pair:
>10 A PIC 9(9) COMP-5. What are you doing to ensure that A starts on a full word? In other words, what is declared before it and ending of course in a full word boundary? >10 B PIC 9(4) COMP-5. >10 FILLER PIC XX. <=== compensating for the integral boundary of the next >pair Hmmm, I need to compile a sample program and see for myself the layout. > ... but COBOL and C communicate like a pair of newlyweds once this was > resolved. Good analogy, just be careful of a divorce during honeymoon! ;-) I'm glad you solved your problem. Does that means all your questions in two threads this month are now resolved? Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
