How to convert a decimal to S9(3)v9(4) format in vb.net

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Hi All,

Can you please help me how to convert a decimal number say 0.7500 into S9(3)v9(4) format in vb.net. Thanks.

Posted 27-Jan-14 6:04am

vidkaat

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TnTinMn 27-Jan-14 20:22pm

Please clarify your requirement.

Do you want to write a Binary Coded Decimal (or packed decimal, comp-3) file that would be read by a COBOL program?
I have never done this, but I found this old MS article that does the reverse (reads a BCD file). It has a lot of info on the file format that may help you. Just note that it is in BASIC not VB.Net.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65323

vidkaat 7-Feb-14 10:24am

I need to convert a packed decimal to the cobol format s9(3)v9(4)

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-27T06:19:00

Solution 1

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8(v=vs.110).aspx[^].

Posted 27-Jan-14 6:19am

Richard MacCutchan