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For Binary (COMP) items, does the Sign representation occupy

Postby Adolph san » Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:08 am

For Binary (COMP) items, does the Sign representation occupy storage?
For example,
05 A PIC S9(3) COMP.
How many bytes does it occupy?
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Re: For Binary (COMP) items, does the Sign representation occupy

Postby Robert Sample » Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:26 am

2 bytes.

The sign is the first bit of the memory location (zero means positive, one means negative).
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