Cobol - Re: How to find the greatest of two numbers without using thecomparison operators?

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Re: How to find the greatest of two numbers without using thecomparison operators?

Pete Dashwood

2007-08-31, 6:58 pm

"Frank Swarbrick" <Frank.Swarbrick@efirstbank.com> wrote in message
news:46D7E17F.6F0F.0085.0@efirstbank.com...
> <1188542463.524263.317700@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> Aparajita<aparajita.mohanty@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not sure why you need this, but perhaps FUNCTION MAX could give you what
> you
> want?
>
> COMPUTE MAX = FUNCTION MAX(A B)
>
> Well, I guess there's no IF in that.
>
> I guess the POSITIVE usage others have given is the answer.
>

No, the SIGN test is the answer. (POSITIVE is only one aspect of it...)

Pete.
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"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."

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