cobol3.hlp (Topic list)
Important Notice
The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.
Message 1021 (↑ Syntax Messages)
 Key                                       Up Contents Index Back
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
  Message:      1021
 
  Text:         Slack bytes added in conversion of COMP-6 to COMP
 
  Explanation:  You are using a program converted from RM/COBOL that
                contains a COMP-6 numeric data item which has been
                converted to a COMP numeric data item. As a result of
                this conversion, less data space may have been
                allocated to the numeric data item and, therefore,
                your COBOL system adds leading binary zeros to pad the
                space, if required.
                                    -♦-