Table 81.

Equivalent DFSORT formats for various COBOL data types

COBOL data type DFSORT Length DFSORT Format

PIC X(n) USAGE DISPLAY n CH

GROUP DATA ITEMS with n bytes n CH

PIC 9(n) DISPLAY n ZD

PIC S9(n) DISPLAY <TRAILING> n ZD

PIC S9(n) DISPLAY LEADING n CLO

PIC S9(n) DISPLAY SEPARATE <TRAILING> n+1 CST

PIC S9(n) DISPLAY LEADING SEPARATE n+1 CSL or FS

PIC 9(n) COMP|BINARY|COMP-4|COMP-5

n = 1 to 4 2 BI

n = 5 to 9 4 BI

n >= 10 8 BI

PIC S9(n) COMP|BINARY|COMP-4|COMP-5

n = 1 to 4 2 FI

n = 5 to 9 4 FI

n >= 10 8 FI

PIC 9(n) COMP-3|PACKED-DECIMAL (n/2)+1 PD

PIC S9(n) COMP-3|PACKED-DECIMAL (n/2)+1 PD

COMP-1 4 FL

COMP-2 8 FL