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Re: Clarification of packed conversion problem.
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"Wayne R. Boyer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 May 2002 15:54:43 EDT
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In a message dated 5/15/02 12:29:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> "Wayne R. Boyer" wrote:
>
> > Oh dear!  Using Perl will make this much harder.
>
> that's a matter of opinion :-)
>
>

Ah but in COBOL, tis simple.... MOVE A TO B.

Assuming A is the packed decimal thing and B is a regular integer variable.
Different languages have their pluses and minuses.  Perl is good at many
things but handling packed decimal data isn't one of them.  Different tools
for different jobs...

Wayne
PS: The original post refered to UNsigned packed decimal data... That's NOT:
 "PIC S9(n) USAGE IS COMP-3."

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