ARITH

Defines the maximum number of digits for numeric data items.
Note: This directive emulates the mainframe compiler option of the same name.

Syntax:

>>-.---.--ARITH--"option"---------><
   +-/-+

Parameters:

option
Can be one of:
COMPAT
Numeric items are limited to a maximum of 18 digits.
EXTEND
Numeric item limits are dialect dependent (for example: ENTCOBOL limits them to 31 digits, MF limits them to 38 digits).

Properties:

Default: ARITH"EXTEND"
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