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Aligned/Unaligned usage for numeric data

 
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shashank.sharma
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:01 am    Post subject: Aligned/Unaligned usage for numeric data Reply with quote

I get the same output with the 3 WRITE statements.

Code:
DCL 1 A00,                           
      2 A,                           
        3 A1 CHAR (78) INIT ((78)' '),
        3 A2 FIXED BIN (12);         
A2 = 33;                             
WRITE FILE (OUTFILE) FROM (A00);     
                                     
DCL 1 B00,                           
      2 B,                   
        3 B1 CHAR (78) INIT ((78)' '),
        3 B2 FIXED BIN (12) ALIGNED;         
B2 = 33;                             
WRITE FILE (OUTFILE) FROM (B00);     
                                     
DCL 1 C00,                           
      2 C,                 
        3 C1 CHAR (78) INIT ((78)' '),
        3 C2 FIXED BIN (12)  UNALIGNED;         
C2 = 33;                             
WRITE FILE (OUTFILE) FROM (C00);


Is there any effect of ALIGNED/UNALIGNED on numeric data?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What does the manual say? Sorry, but I am too lazy on Christmas Eve to go and look it up.
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shashank.sharma
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The manual says:

ALIGNED specifies that the data element is aligned on the storage boundary corresponding to its data-type requirement. UNALIGNED specifies that each data element is mapped on the next byte boundary, except for fixed-length bit strings, which are mapped on the next bit.

Don't understand what they want to say in the first line.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

shashank.sharma,

You need to understand the basics of Data structure alignment

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