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<h1 class="topictitle1">Length for ICF files (positions 30 through 34)</h1>
<div><p>Specify the field length for each field (unless you copy the field's
attributes from a referenced field).</p>
<div class="section"><p>Specify the number of digits for a numeric field,
or the number of characters for a character field. The length specification
must be right-aligned; leading zeros are optional. Valid length specifications
for ICF files are as follows:</p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" valign="bottom" id="d0e24">Data type</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="d0e26">Valid length</th>
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<tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e24 ">Character</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e26 ">1 through 32 767</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e24 ">Binary</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e26 ">1 through 9</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e24 ">Zoned decimal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e26 ">1 through 31</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e24 ">Packed decimal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e26 ">1 through 31</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e24 ">Floating-point single precision</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e26 ">1 through 9</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e24 ">Floating-point double precision</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e26 ">1 through 17</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<p>You can specify a maximum of 9 digits for
single precision and 17 digits for double precision. However, the <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> operating system supports
a floating-point accuracy of 7 digits for single precision and 15 digits for
double precision.</p>
<p>The sum of the number of bytes occupied by all fields
in a record must not exceed 32 767 for ICF files. The system determines
the number of bytes actually occupied as follows:</p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e73">Data type</th>
<th valign="top" width="50%" id="d0e75">Bytes occupied in storage</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Character</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">Number of characters</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Binary</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 "> 1-4 digits</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">2 bytes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 "> 5-9 digits</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">4 bytes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Zoned decimal</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">Number of digits</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Packed decimal</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">(Number of digits/2) + 1 (truncated if fractional)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Floating-point (single precision)</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">4 bytes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e73 ">Floating-point (double precision)</td>
<td valign="top" width="50%" headers="d0e75 ">8 bytes</td>
</tr>
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<p>If you are using a referenced field, you can override the length
of the field by specifying a new value or by specifying the increase or decrease
in length. To increase the length, specify +n where n is the increase. To
decrease the length, specify -n, where n is the decrease. For example, an
entry of +4 for a numeric field indicates that it is to be 4 digits longer
than the referenced field. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> High-level languages can impose specific
length and value restrictions on the field length. Observe these restrictions
for files used by those languages.</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="cmnfl.htm" title="Here are some rules and examples for filling in positions 1 through 44 of the data description specifications (DDS) form.">Define an ICF file using DDS</a></div>
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