Oscar Santiesteban Jr. wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone in this newsgroup can tell something about
> real numbers and how to use them in COBOL.
>
> I know the PAUSE Intrinsic uses a real number in order to pause (wait)
> your program so many seconds.  I now how to do this via the EXTIN'
> intrinsic.  This will create a real number so that you can use it in
> your COBOL program.
>
> Questions:
>
> Is there a EXTOUT' to convert a real to an S9(9) COMP?
>
> How can this be accomplished?
>
> Thanks to anyone that can respond....Please e-mail...
>
> Oscar. . . .

Hi Oscar,

 In Image you can use type designator E to represent a real (IEEE
floating point) number, for a data item. As I am not expert in COBOL,
I may not be of help for your main question.

Regards
Vikramkumar
HP-CSY