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

[Chad Slaughter <slaught@advancenet.net>]

Randall Bart wrote :>
>> > >     edit <value> <pic> [-b] [-s[l|t][s]]
>
>I have an ocean of Burroughs/Unisys knowledge and a shot glass of 
>Linux/Unix, so correct me if I don't have the conventions correct.  I think 
>what I am envisioning is a program which you could call in a shell like this:
>     `edit 123.45 $$$,$$$.99`
>and it would return this:
>     "   $123.45"

so basically take in a pic statement, then a value adn display what the
value would look like in that pic storage type??
I think i get the drift... not sure.

My experice with mainframes, is strictly limited to doing 370 assembler
for a class several yrs ago. I still ahve the yellow card. =)

>The old mainframe edit op-codes required the compiler to digest the PIC, 
>but in this case the program should use the actual Cobol picture string, 
>supplemented by switches for whatever needs special handling.

i am still confused, but i think i get the idea.
the words edit and op-codes is confusing me. I think its a communication
failure on my part. sorry, but it sounds like a good thing to add
to the todo list.




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