[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 15 September 2008]
Has anyone come across this quirky little problem??I am using AcuCobol version 5.2 in this exercise.
The field in my input file is defined as:
03 STD-HSALM02 PIC S9(6).
tHIS FIELD CONTAINS A VALUE OF -1.
The field in my output file is defined as:
03 SD-HSALM02 PIC S9(6) COMP-3.
As I want to replace the contents of SD-HSALM02 with the contents ofSTD-HSALM02, the following statement is used to achieve the replacement:
MOVE STD-HSALM02 TO SD-HSALM02.
I expected to see -1 in both fields following the MOVE. This did not happen.
When I view the program using Debugger, I get the following fidplsyed results:
STD-HSALM02 = -1 This is the value of the input field OK
SD-HSALM02 = =1 This is the "corrupted" value of the output field - not OK - especially as =1 does not match the description of the output field.
Cany anyone enlighten me on this?
Thanks
Geoffrey Hashman
