SIGNDISCARD

Specifies that a MOVE of a signed numeric DISPLAY field to a group item should discard the sign, and treat the group as an elementary alphanumeric field.

Restriction: This directive is supported in native COBOL only.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.--SIGNDISCARD------------------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default:	NOSIGNDISCARD
Phase:	Check
$SET:	Initial