FLOAT(bytes)
The FLOAT keyword is a numeric data type keyword. It is used in a free-form definition to indicate that the item has float format.
It must be the first keyword.
The parameter specifies the length in bytes. It must be one of 4 or 8.
The parameter can be a literal or a named constant. If it is a named constant, the constant must be defined prior to the definition statement.
In the following example
- field variance is defined as an 8-byte float field.
DCL-S variance FLOAT(8);