Hi Robert,

It's been a while since I programmed in COBOL but if my memory serves me correctly then PIC 9(04)V9(02) defines a numeric field with 4 digits before the Decimal Point and 2 Digits after the Decimal Point or in FoxPro terms N(7,2).

Hope this helps,
Gavin...

>A COBOL layout of PIC 9(04)V9(02) means what?
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