Re: [open-cobol-list] From screen to calculation.

[Patrick]

Hi John

You probably have several decades with COBOl while I have 2 years part 
time but here goes anyways....

Can you use a PIC clause in the screen section to display the data as 
$1.00 etc but then move the data to a working storage field suitable for 
calculations?

-Patrick




On 15-02-06 09:41 AM, John Culleton wrote:
> Many programs require data entry in the form of
> dollars and cents, which data is later used in
> calculations. The form in which dollars and cents
> is used in calculations is something like
> -9999v99. But the form in which most people will
> key it is 9999.99 which cannot be used in
> calculations. There are many possible solutions.
> One can ask the user to key in 999999 and then
> immediately multiply by .01; the two fields
> (dollars and cents) can actually be two fields
> next to each other, or some other solution I
> haven't thought of and so on.
>
> What is your preferred method?