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Numeric Host Variables
The syntax for numeric host variable declarations is as follows:
DECLARE var-name-spec {BINARY | DECIMAL} scale-spec align-scope-storage ;
where:
| var-name-spec | is {variable-name | (variable-name, ...) } |
| scale-spec | is {FIXED [(precision [,scale])] | FLOAT [(precision)]} |
| align-scope-storage | is any set of PL/I alignment, scope, or storage class attributes |
Note:
- BINARY | DECIMAL and FIXED | FLOAT can be specified in either order.
- The precision and scale attributes can follow BINARY | DECIMAL instead of FIXED | FLOAT.
- A value for scale can be specified only for DECIMAL FIXED.
- DCL, BIN, and DEC are accepted as abbreviations for DECLARE, BINARY, and DECIMAL, respectively.