"No it isn't. 4/3 yields 1.333333... to 15 digits, and is of precision (15,14)"
Depends on RULES(IBM) or RULES(ANS). If its RULES(IBM) it will never be integer division. If its RULES(ANS) and the operands are unscaled, then it will be integer division. Joe On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 7:34 PM Robin Vowels <robi...@dodo.com.au> wrote: > On 2020-09-07 09:35, Joe Monk wrote: > > "PL/I doesn't have integers." > > > > Sorry Shmuel, youre incorrect. > > > > FIXED BINARY (15,0) is a 2 byte integer and FIXED BINARY (31,0) is a 4 > > byte > > integer. > > > > "The ratiio 4/3 is FIXED BIN," > > > > No, its FIXED DECIMAL (1,0)... > > No it isn't. 4/3 yields 1.333333... to 15 digits, > and is of precision (15,14) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
