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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
Parent topic: Run-time Behavior - Arithmetic
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List
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Key to Compiler Directives
The MOVE Statement
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