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Passing data between COBOL and Fortran

z/OS Language Environment Writing Interlanguage Communication Applications
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Table 1 lists the data types that can be passed between COBOL and Fortran by reference.

Table 1. Supported data types between COBOL and Fortran
COBOL Fortran
PIC S9(4) USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL

or

PIC S9(4) USAGE IS BINARY

 INTEGER*2
PIC S9(9) USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL

or

PIC S9(9) USAGE IS BINARY

 INTEGER*4
PIC S9(18) USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL

or

PIC S9(18) USAGE IS BINARY

 INTEGER*8
USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL-1 REAL*4
USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL -2 REAL*8
PIC X(n) USAGE IS DISPLAY CHARACTER*n
USAGE IS POINTER POINTER
Parent topic: Communicating between COBOL and Fortran

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