Greetings,

I have a value that reads 123.45- and I want
the minus sign to float at the beginning
of the number.  

For the life of me, I can't remember how to do 
that and I have my college COBOL text book, but
it's not in there.  

In WORKING-STORAGE, I have the variable with 
the following picture clause; S9(5)V99 COMP-3.

Is there a "LEADING" option that I could put before
or after COMP?  And, can I make the minus sign
float?  By float, I mean that I want the sign
to be at the first byte to the left of the number,
no matter the size of the number.

Thanks,

Ernie

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