HOSTARITHMETIC

Controls whether or not decimal truncation of arithmetic results occurs following a size error condition.

Syntax:
>>-.---.-.----.--HOSTARITHMETIC----------------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+
Parameters:

None

Properties:
Default: NOHOSTARITHMETIC
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Yes
Comments:

The effect of specifying HOSTARITHMETIC is as follows:

If you specify this directive in a $SET statement it will affect the run-time behavior of the whole program regardless of where it is placed.

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