MAINFRAME-FLOATING-POINT

Specifies the format of the program's floating point data items.
Restriction: This directive is supported for JVM COBOL, but not native COBOL.

When this directive is set, the IBM hexadecimal format is used; when not set, the IEEE format is used.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.--MAINFRAME-FLOATING-POINT---><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None.

Properties:

Default: NOMAINFRAME-FLOATING-POINT
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Initial

Comments:

The native COBOL equivalent is when the NONATIVE-FLOATING-POINT directive and the MAINFRAME_FLOATING_POINT environment variable are both in effect.

Parent topic: Run-time Behavior - Mainframe Compatibility
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List
Related reference
NATIVE-FLOATING-POINT