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PERCENT PIC 9(5)V999
WS10-PERCENTAGE PIC Z(9)9.
03 WS10-PERCENTAGE-RED REDEFINES WS10-PERCENTAGE.
05 FILLER PIC X(4).
05 WS10-REQUIRED PIC X(6).
INVESTMENT-PROPN-REGULAR PIC X(6).

PERCENT = 20.555

MOVE PERCENT TO WS10-PERCENTAGE
MOVE WS10-REQUIRED TO INVESTMENT-PROPN-REGULAR

What would be the value in WS10-REQUIRED,INVESTMENT-PROPN-REGULAR and WS10-PERCENTAGE.



If you could explain the reason also would be great.

Cheers
R

Since WS10-PERCENTAGE has no decimal places, the first MOVE drops all digits after the decimal point and only 20 is left. WS10-REQUIRED has the same value since it is a REDEFINE. The 20 will be moved in the next MOVE statement. You can count the appropriate number of spaces, and remember that numeric moves justify to the decimal point and alphanumeric moves work left to right.

Thanks a lot