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Hi,
Pls let me know how u handle negative values in natural for calculations

You should have the manuals available to you so refer to them. Also, look at other programs and see how they deal with them.

i had look at the manuals

to elaborate
can i move -234.5678 to N(999.9999).
pls explain

Natural processes external decimal (format N) values just like any other mainframe language would. That is, the right-most byte contains the sign in the left nibble. Here's some code to demonstrate.And here's the output.Notice that the field definition is N3.4; 3 digits before the implied decimal point, 4 digits after.

thanks RGZgrog