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COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Programming Guide


COBOL and C/C++ data types

The following table shows the correspondence between the data types that are available in COBOL and C/C++.

Table 70. COBOL and C/C++ data types
C/C++ data types COBOL data types
wchar_t USAGE NATIONAL (PICTURE N)
char PIC X
signed char No appropriate COBOL equivalent
unsigned char No appropriate COBOL equivalent
short signed int PIC S9-S9(4) COMP-5. Can be COMP, COMP-4, or BINARY if you use the TRUNC(BIN) compiler option.
short unsigned int PIC 9-9(4) COMP-5. Can be COMP, COMP-4, or BINARY if you use the TRUNC(BIN) compiler option.
long int PIC 9(5)-9(9) COMP-5. Can be COMP, COMP-4, or BINARY if you use the TRUNC(BIN) compiler option.
long long int PIC 9(10)-9(18) COMP-5. Can be COMP, COMP-4, or BINARY if you use the TRUNC(BIN) compiler option.
float COMP-1
double COMP-2
enumeration Analogous to level 88, but not identical
char(n) PICTURE X(n)
array pointer (*) to type No appropriate COBOL equivalent
pointer(*) to function PROCEDURE-POINTER or FUNCTION-POINTER

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