Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Programming Guide


Working with numbers and arithmetic

In general, you can view COBOL numeric data as a series of decimal digit positions. However, numeric items can also have special properties such as an arithmetic sign or a currency sign.

To define, display, and store numeric data so that you can perform arithmetic operations efficiently:


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