Edit characters for numeric data, COBOL Programming

Assignment Help:

Edit Characters for Numeric Data:

The characters below can be used in the PICTURE clause to indicate the editing.

Z * $ - + CR DB . , B O /

The use of these edit characters are elucidate below:

Z (Zero Suppression) :

The edit character Z is used to repress the leading zeroes in the numeric data item. The leading zeroes are substitute with blanks.

The Z character has no effect of trailing the zeroes.

Related Discussions:- Edit characters for numeric data

Sequential files, SEQUENTIAL FILES: The purpose of the proposed sec...

SEQUENTIAL FILES: The purpose of the proposed section is to introduce the concepts such as File characteristics, File Description for Fixed-Length Records, File-Control

Move, can we move spaces to numeric field

can we move spaces to numeric field

Program for if condition, PROGRAM FOR IF : We have to write a progr...

PROGRAM FOR IF : We have to write a program to check whether the given number is ODD or EVEN. Identification division. Program- id. Ifst. Environment division.

Example of redefines clause, Example of Redefines clause: This illustr...

Example of Redefines clause: This illustration describes a sales record that may either contain the total amount of sale or the quantity (QTY) and UNIT-PRICE. The aim of such

Accept statement, ACCEPT STATEMENT: The ACCEPT statement is used to re...

ACCEPT STATEMENT: The ACCEPT statement is used to read the low-volume data from the operator's console, several other hardware device or from the operating system. The common

Program for output file that can be our vsam file, We have input file, reco...

We have input file, record layout is EMP ID (6 char) , EMP NAME (20 char), Designation (3 char),Salary (5 digit) Base Branch (10char) Grade (3 Alphanumeric). This is the input f

Rewrite statement - indexed files, REWRITE STATEMENT: As in the situat...

REWRITE STATEMENT: As in the situation of a relative file, the REWRITE statement needs that the file should be opened in the I-O mode, and if the SEQENTIAL access mode is spec

Relative files, RELATIVE FILES: The Files that are stored on a direct ...

RELATIVE FILES: The Files that are stored on a direct access storage medium like magnetic disk are frequently known as direct access files. The COBOL supports three different

Different data types available in cobol, Data types available in COBOL are ...

Data types available in COBOL are given below Alpha-numeric (X), numeric (9), alphabetic (A)

Write statement - sequential files, WRITE statement: The WRITE stateme...

WRITE statement: The WRITE statement for tape and sequential-disk files has the syntax shown below. WRITE record-name [ FROM identifier ] As a resu

Write Your Message!

Name

Email id

Message

Verfication Code

User Account

All Pages