Re: [GNU-COBOL] edit program qs? (was PIC)

[Ken Brakey <brakeykr@poncacity.net>]

Chad Slaughter wrote:

> Randall Bart wrote :>
> >
> >though some are tediously detailed.  The most tedious of all is PICTURE.
>
> I would agree.

Why? dataname, format
picture is the keyword that attaches that format to dataname
description of format:
A    alphabetic
X    alphanumeric
9    numeric
B    blank leading zeroes
$    float dollar sign
*    fill leading spaces with asterisks
V    places decimal point
,    formats comma (like dec pt. CAN be placed anywhere even wrong)
Ken


>
>
> >Which brings up a question:  Has anyone written a Cobol edit program?  In
>
> what is this?? I dont understand what this progrma is doing. Could
> you please explain?
> I have never used cobol on a mainframe.
>
> >olden times, when I wrote mainframe compilers, we were always compiling for
> >specific edit op-codes, and the details were always different.  Failing to
>
> edit op-codes??
>
> >customize your PIC handling for the features and deficiencies of the
> >underlying edit language was a tremendous performance hit.
>
> ??? could you elaborate. =)
>
> >Performance of an edit routine is no longer an issue, especially in an
> >interpretive back end.  What we need is a standard program something like this:
> >
> >     edit <value> <pic> [-b] [-s[l|t][s]]
>
> this looks possible, but I have no idea what it is doing. if you could
> elaborate more on it, i am sure we can pound one out real quick like. =)
>
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