Awesome! Thanks,

Charles

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
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Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 2:31 PM
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Subject: Re: Quick I hope COBOL question

77      D       PIC X(64)
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77      L       PIC S9(4)       BINARY.
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MOVE D (1:L) TO wherever
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DISPLAY D (1:L)


IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 10/09/2006 
05:24:27 PM:

> I know this isn't the COBOL list. I'm not a COBOL programmer, so it all
> works out. I'm writing a quick COBOL test program. I've got a PIC X(64)
> field but the actual length of the data in the field is in a separate 
S9(4)
> field. I want to display the real data and not whatever garbage might be
> beyond the real data. Is there any easy way to do this?

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