Re: Help!--ASCII vs MVS / Unpacked Signed Fields

In article <434h59$msg@mother.usf.edu>, smorrow@dotrisc.cfr.usf.edu (Steve Morrow) says: > > My problem is a last digit of >zero. In the "grand scheme" of the EBCIDIC world, a zero translates >to the ASCII char of 208, AKA hex D0. Thus, for a negative charge >of -$954.00, I would supply 0009540X (where X simply represents the >'unprintable?' char of ASCII 208 in this case). > Since you are using the A->I for positive and J->R for negative, the standard for +0 is { and -0 is }. I am not sure where the ASCII 208 comes from. Try that. Steve Goldberg Landata RE-Source steveg@landata.com