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S370FPDUw.d Informat
Reads unsigned packed decimal data in IBM mainframe format.
| Category: | Numeric |
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| S370FPDUw.d |
Syntax Description
- w
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specifies the width of the input field.
Default: 1 Range: 1-16 - d
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specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the value. This argument is optional.
Default: 0 Range: 0-31
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Packed decimal data contain two digits per byte. The last half of the last byte, which indicates the sign for signed packed data, is always F for unsigned packed data.
Use S370FPDUw.d on other operating environments to read unsigned packed decimal data from IBM mainframe files.
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The S370FPDUw.d informat is similar to the S370FPDw.d informat except that the S370FPDUw.d informat rejects all sign digits except F.
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The S370FPDUw.d informat is equivalent to the COBOL notation PIC 9(n) PACKED-DECIMAL, where the n value is the number of digits.
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input @1 x s370fpdu3.;
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