Fixing differences caused by data representations

To ensure the same behavior for your programs, you should understand the differences in certain ways of representing data, and take appropriate action.

About this task

Character data might be represented differently, depending on the USAGE clause that describes data items and the locale that is in effect at run time. COBOL stores signed packed-decimal in the same manner on both Linux® on x86 and IBM® z/OS®. However, binary, external-decimal, floating-point, and unsigned packed-decimal data are by default represented differently.

Most programs behave the same on IBM z/OS and Linux on x86 regardless of the data representation.

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