Field Data Types

The following field data types are supported in layout based operations:

Data Type	Description	COBOL equivalent
char	Defines a field which content is text. Comparison is performed by value. In case of divergent encoding of the files being compared (EBCDIC/ vs ASCII), the field with EBCDIC encoding gets converted before comparison.	PIC X(l)
binary	Defines a field which content is binary data. Comparison is performed at binary level. No conversion is performed.	PIC X(l)
integer	Defines a 2, 4 or 8 bytes long integer field. The attributes signed and endian affect its definition. The field is always compared by value, so to managed diverging endian representations	PIC [S]9(l*2) COMP
zoned	Defines a field which content is zoned data. The attributes signed affects the management of the last semi-byte.	PIC [S]9(l)
packed	Defines a field which content is packed data. The attributes signed affects the management of the last semi-byte.	PIC [S]9(l*2-1) COMP-3
dbcs	Defines a field which content is Non-shifted DBCS data.	PIC G(l) DISPLAY-1
mixed	Defines a field which content is mixed SBCS/DBCS (shifted/SOSI) data.	PIC X(l)
float	Defines a field which content is a 4 bytes Floating Poaint number, either as IBM 370 or IEEE 754	USAGE IS COMP-1
double	Defines a field which content is a 8 bytes Floating Poaint number, either as IBM 370 or IEEE 754	USAGE IS COMP-2