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help HOW TO DIVIDE IN COBOL AND KEEP THE .numbers

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  • 15-09-2004 7:48pm
    #1
    whoknew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    ok im dividing in a cobalt program but when i print the answer im only getting 3.00 when i should be getting 3.64 who can i correct this prob?


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    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    multiply by 100 and then format the number as a string like "0.00" ? Whats cobolt?


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    Syth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    Hobbes wrote:
    multiply by 100 and then format the number as a string like "0.00" ? Whats cobolt?
    Isn't cobalt a type of precious stone?


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    whoknew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭whoknew


    all decimals have to be declared as

    01 GPA-NUM-CUM PIC ZZ9.99.


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Originally posted by Google
    Did you mean: Cobol
    ;)


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    whoknew wrote:
    all decimals have to be declared as

    01 GPA-NUM-CUM PIC ZZ9.99.


    I don't think that's strictly correct, thats a display pic which will surpress the zz if zero when printed.
    You really need something like

    1 GPA-CALC-NUM PIC 99999.999

    so that you don't loose accuracy when calculating then use the other pic to print it.


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