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[GNU-COBOL] PIC Implementation
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- From: Bernard Giroud <bernard.giroud@creditlyonnais.fr>
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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"
I think this is a great idea, but it should be implemented thru a subroutine
or a function which should be part of the runtime system, mainly for
performance reason.
Bernard Giroud - Credit Lyonnais (Suisse) SA - email:
Bernard.Giroud@creditlyonnais.fr
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