The following figure shows the syntax for valid floating point
host variable declarations. Floating point host variables are only supported
for ILE COBOL for iSeries™.
Floating-point
.-IS-.
.-USAGE--+----+-.
>>-+-01------+--variable-name--+---------------+---------------->
+-77------+
'-level-1-'
>--+-COMPUTATIONAL-1-+--+---------------------------------+----->
+-COMP-1----------+ | .-IS-. |
+-COMPUTATIONAL-2-+ '-VALUE--+----+--numeric-constant-'
'-COMP-2----------'
>-- . ---------------------------------------------------------><
Notes: - COMPUTATIONAL-1 and COMP-1 are equivalent. COMPUTATIONAL-2 and COMP-2
are equivalent.
- level-1 indicates a COBOL level between 2 and 48.