Procedure Modules › Converting Packed Decimal to Binary (CULLUS33) › What You Can Do

What You Can Do

You can use CULLUS33 to translate packed decimal values in the range of -2,147,483,647 to +2,147,483,647 (231 - 1) into a binary format.

CULLUS33 is particularly useful in creating a record descriptor word (RDW) that is used in the first four bytes of variable-length records.