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What is difference between comp and comp-3?

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Comp is binary.its the type how system stores ur data.
pic s9(1)-->pics9(4) --occupies 2bytes
pic s9(5)---pic s9(8) ----4 bytes
pic s9(9)---pics9(18)-----8 bytes

comp-3 is for packed decimal data where each character occupies half byte and sign is stored in last nibble.

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