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S370FZDUw.d

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Numeric

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	8
Range:	1-32

d

optionally specifies the power of 10 by which to divide the value.

Range:

0-10

Details

Use S370FZDUw.d on other operating environments to read unsigned zoned decimal data from IBM mainframe files.

Comparisons

• The S370FZDUw.d informat is similar to the S370FZDw.d informat except that the S370FZDUw.d informat rejects all sign digits except F.

• The S370FZDUw.d informat is equivalent to the COBOL notation PIC 9(n) DISPLAY, where the n value is the number of digits.

Examples

input @1 x s370fzdu3.; 

Data Lines*	Results
----+----1
F1F2F3
*The data line contains a hexadecimal representation of a binary number that is stored in zoned decimal format on an IBM mainframe operating environment. Each two hexadecimal digits correspond to one byte of binary data, and each byte corresponds to one column of the input field.

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