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NATIVE

NATIVE is a data type attribute (applying to Fixed Binary items only) that specifies the internal storage for the data item is LSB first (or MSB "right -to- left"). This attribute is applicable only to Little-Endian machine architectures (such as Intel), and is the default if not specified. For Big-endian architectures, this attribute is ignored.

Example:

dcl flag fixed bin (15) static initial (1) native;
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