Program to Detect MOVEs of Numeric Fields to Alpha Fields in NATURAL Programs
Background When NATURAL v2.2.x code contains a numerical field holding the value '02' (xF0F2), it is moved into an alpha field; the alpha field holds the value '2' (xF240) instead of '02' (xF0F2).
Invention Description A NATURAL v2.3 program reads NATURAL v2.2.x object code and detects MOVE instructions of numeric format source fields to target fields whose format is alphabetic.
Benefits
Detects and reports erroneous MOVE statements
Features
Reads NATURAL v2.2.x object code rather than source code Written and executed in NATURAL v2.3 environment
Market Potential/Applications Useful for clients of SAGA Software, INC., manufacturer and provider of the NATURAL programming language, to read their NATURAL v2.2.x object code for such error statements
IP Status One U.S. copyrights registered
UT Researcher Kenneth F. Gregory, Administrative Computing Services, The University of Texas at Austin
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