ARITH

ARITH affects the maximum number of digits that you can code for integers, and the number of digits used in fixed-point intermediate results.

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ARITH option syntax

          .-COMPAT-.     
>>-ARITH(-+-EXTEND-+-)-----------------------------------------><

Default is: ARITH(COMPAT)

Abbreviations are: AR(C|E)

When you specify ARITH(EXTEND):

When you specify ARITH(COMPAT):