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Table 2-4. Field Representation by DDL TYPE or PIC Clause
TYPE or PIC Clause Indicated Representation
PIC A ... (or X) Represented as a character string.
PIC 9 ... (w/o COMP) Represented as a character string.
PIC 9 ... COMP Represented as a decimal integer (signed or unsigned,
depending on the PIC clause).
TYPE BINARY ... Represented as a decimal integer (signed or unsigned,
depending on the TYPE clause).
TYPE CHARACTER ... Represented as a character string.
TYPE COMPLEX Represented in decimal as an array of bytes.
TYPE ENUM Interpreted as a signed integer and represented in decimal. If the
DEF in the TOKEN-TYPE is TYPE ENUM, the value is
represented by the appropriate AS character string followed by
the numeric value in parentheses, as in STOPPED (2).
TYPE FLOAT ... Represented in decimal as an array of bytes—not as floating-
point values.
TYPE LOGICAL ... Represented as an F or T.
Table 2-5. Field Representation by DDL TACL Clause (page 1 of 2)
TACL Clause Indicated Representation
TACL CRTPID Same as the FNAME entry.
TACL DEVICE Same as the FNAME entry.
TYPE ENUM Interpreted as a signed integer and represented in decimal. If the
field has DDL type ENUM, its value is represented by the appropriate
AS character string followed by the numeric value in parentheses, as
in STOPPED (2).
TACL FNAME Represented as a full file name (including the system name or
number) through the FNAMECOLLAPSE procedure. For more
information, see FILE Edit Code
on page 3-28.
TACL FNAME32 Represented as a file name through the FNAME32COLLAPSE
procedure.
TACL SSID Represented as a subsystem ID through the SSIDTOTEXT
procedure.
TACL SUBVOL Represented as a file name with the file part missing. See FNAME.