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by Simmrith Kaur
Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: Ask for Job Guidance and referrals here.
Topic: How many rounds does TCS take for mainframe position?
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How many rounds does TCS take for mainframe position?

Hi,

How many rounds does TCS take for mainframe position? Please advise on this.
by Simmrith Kaur
Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:47 pm
Forum: IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
Topic: Which variable type to choose among COMP, COMP-1, COMP-2 and COMP-3?
Replies: 7
Views: 2640

Re: Which variable type to choose among COMP, COMP-1, COMP-2 and COMP-3?

10698 COMP-1 is single-precision (word) floating-point and COMP-2 is double-precision (doubleword, 8 bytes) floating-point. They should be used only for scientific calculations (in which case you should use another language than COBOL). But are these variables will be understood by other languages?...
by Simmrith Kaur
Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:42 pm
Forum: IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
Topic: Which variable type to choose among COMP, COMP-1, COMP-2 and COMP-3?
Replies: 7
Views: 2640

Re: Which variable type to choose among COMP, COMP-1, COMP-2 and COMP-3?

10697 COMP-1 and COMP-2 should only be used when you need floating-point values. They have limited precision and will not yield accurate results in some cases, so they tend to be less used in business programs (except for financial calculations). COMP-3 variable are typically used for arithmetic ca...
by Simmrith Kaur
Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:08 pm
Forum: IBM COBOL, GnuCOBOL (OpenCOBOL), OOCobol.
Topic: Which variable type to choose among COMP, COMP-1, COMP-2 and COMP-3?
Replies: 7
Views: 2640

Which variable type to choose among COMP, COMP-1, COMP-2 and COMP-3?

Hi, I'm new to COBOL. Though I have written some programs. Most of them are enhancing an existing code, so it's easy to clone some new functionality. But when we write a new COBOL program, how to decide when to go for which variable type among COMP, COMP-1, COMP-2 and COMP-3? How do a final call on ...

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