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<h1 class="topictitle1">Numeric host variables in COBOL applications that use SQL</h1>
<div><p>The following figure shows the syntax for valid integer host variable
declarations.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">BIGINT and INTEGER and SMALLINT</h4><pre><span><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Read syntax diagram" longdesc="rzajpcobnumsyn1.htm" /></span><a href="#d0e32"><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Skip visual syntax diagram" /></a>
>>-+-01------+--<i>variable-name</i>--+-PICTURE-+---------------------->
   +-77------+ '-PIC-----'   
   '-<i>level-1</i>-'    
    .-IS-.    
   .-IS-. .-USAGE--+----+-.   
>--+----+--<i>picture-string</i>--+---------------+-------------------->
>--+-BINARY----------+--+---------------------------------+----->
   +-COMPUTATIONAL-4-+ | .-IS-. |   
   '-COMP-4----------' '-VALUE--+----+--<i>numeric-constant</i>-'   
>--.----------------------------------------------------------->&lt;
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<div class="section"> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>BINARY, COMPUTATIONAL-4, and COMP-4 are equivalent. A portable application
should code BINARY, because COMPUTATIONAL-4 and COMP-4 are IBM<sup>®</sup> extensions
that are not supported in International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/ANSI
COBOL. The <span class="synph"><span class="var">picture-string</span></span> associated with these
types must have the form S9(i)V9(d) (or S9...9V9...9, with <em>i</em> and <em>d</em> instances
of 9). i + d must be less than or equal to 18.</li>
<li>level-1 indicates a COBOL level between 2 and 48.</li>
</ol>
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<div class="section"><p>The following figure shows the syntax for valid decimal host variable
declarations.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">DECIMAL</h4><pre><span><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Read syntax diagram" longdesc="rzajpcobnumsyn2.htm" /></span><a href="#d0e103"><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Skip visual syntax diagram" /></a>
>>-+-01------+--<i>variable-name</i>--+-PICTURE-+---------------------->
   +-77------+ '-PIC-----'   
   '-<i>level-1</i>-'    
    .-IS-.    
   .-IS-. .-USAGE--+----+-.   
>--+----+--<i>picture-string</i>--+---------------+-------------------->
>--+-PACKED-DECIMAL--+--+---------------------------------+----->
   +-COMPUTATIONAL-3-+ | .-IS-. |   
   +-COMP-3----------+ '-VALUE--+----+--<i>numeric-constant</i>-'   
   +-COMPUTATIONAL---+    
   '-COMP------------'    
>-- . --------------------------------------------------------->&lt;
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<div class="section"> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>PACKED-DECIMAL, COMPUTATIONAL-3, and COMP-3 are equivalent. A portable
application should code PACKED-DECIMAL, because COMPUTATIONAL-3 and COMP-3
are IBM extensions
that are not supported in ISO/ANS COBOL. The <span class="synph"><span class="var">picture-string</span></span> associated
with these types must have the form S9(i)V9(d) (or S9...9V9...9, with <em>i</em> and <em>d</em> instances
of 9). i + d must be less than or equal to 63.</li>
<li>COMPUTATIONAL and COMP are equivalent. The picture strings associated
with these and the data types they represent are product specific. Therefore,
COMP and COMPUTATIONAL should not be used in a portable application. In the
COBOL for <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> program,
the <span class="synph"><span class="var">picture-string</span></span> associated with these types must
have the form S9(i)V9(d) (or S9...9V9...9, with <em>i</em> and <em>d</em> instances
of 9). i + d must be less than or equal to 63.</li>
<li>level-1 indicates a COBOL level between 2 and 48.</li>
</ol>
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<div class="section"><p>The following figure shows the syntax for valid numeric host variable
declarations.</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Numeric</h4><pre><span><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Read syntax diagram" longdesc="rzajpcobnumsyn3.htm" /></span><a href="#d0e194"><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Skip visual syntax diagram" /></a>
>>-+-01------+--<i>variable-name</i>--+-PICTURE-+---------------------->
   +-77------+ '-PIC-----'   
   '-<i>level-1</i>-'    
   .-IS-.    
>--+----+--<i>picture-string</i>--------------------------------------->
>--+---------------------------------------+-------------------->
   | .-IS-. |   
   | .-USAGE--+----+-. |   
   '-+---------------+--+-DISPLAY--------+-'   
    '-<i>display clause</i>-'    
>--+---------------------------------+-- . -------------------->&lt;
   | .-IS-. |    
   '-VALUE--+----+--<i>numeric-constant</i>-'    
display clause
   .-DISPLAY-. .-IS-. .-CHARACTER-.   
|--+---------+--SIGN--+----+--LEADING SEPARATE--+-----------+---|
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<div class="section"> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>The <em>picture-string</em> associated with SIGN LEADING SEPARATE and DISPLAY
must have the form S9(i)V9(d) (or S9...9V9...9, with <em>i</em> and <em>d</em> instances
of 9). i + d must be less than or equal to 18.</li>
<li>level-1 indicates a COBOL level between 2 and 48.</li>
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