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I have a Cobol copybook that defines a field as PIC S9(8)V99. For all “positive” numbers, I am receiving valid results through my mappings. For negative numbers ending in “0” (zero), I am getting valid results through my mappings. My issue is, for any negative number where the “pennies” column is 1 - 9 I get invalid results. My understanding of Zoned-Decimal is that the last byte will contain “A” through “I” for digits 1 - 9 positive and “J” through “R” for digits 1 - 9 negative. Positive ze…

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dnewton (BOB member since 2004-01-30)