ILE RPG Language Reference
Figure 94 shows what the decimal number 21544 looks
like in various formats.
Figure 94. Representation of the Number 21544 in each of the Numeric Formats
Note the following about the representations in the figure.
- To obtain the numeric value of a positive binary or integer number,
unsigned number, add the values of the bits that are on (1), but do
not include the sign bit (if present). For an unsigned number, add
the values of the bits that are on, including the leftmost bit.
- The value 21544 cannot be represented in a 2-byte binary field
even though it only uses bits in the low-order two bytes. A 2-byte
binary field can only hold up to 4 digits, and 21544 has 5 digits.
Figure 95 shows the number -21544 in integer format.
Figure 95. Integer Representation of the Number -21544
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