I'm compiling an HP COBOL II program (ANSI85) and I'm getting the error
COMPOSITE OF OPERANDS TOO BIG when I multiply the two variables below.

VAR-A PIC S9(4) COMP.
VAR-B PIC S9(9) COMP.

Here's the multiply statement I'm using:

IF VAR-A < 0 THEN
    MULTIPLY VAR-A BY VAR-B
END-IF.

The compiler directives I'm using are:

$CONTROL LIST,SOURCE,NOCODE,NOCROSSREF,ERRORS=100,NOVERBS,WARN
$CONTROL LINES=60,NOMAP,MIXED,QUOTE=",NOSTDWARN,SYNC32,INDEX32
$CONTROL NOVALIDATE,OPTIMIZE=0
$CONTROL USLINIT, SUBPROGRAM, SOURCE

From the HP COBOL II manual, p. 8-45, it says that the composite of the
operands cannot be more than 18 digits. If that's the case, then I don't
understand why I'm getting this error. Multiplying a 9 digit number by a 4
digit number results in a 13 digit number - which is less than 18 digits.

We are running an HP3000/N4000-100-33 with MPE/iX 7.0.

Thanks,

Jim.

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