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Unsigned

Reads unsigned packed mainframe data.

Unsigned refers to an unsigned packed field type for mainframe data, storing two decimal digits per byte.

Unlike the packed type, unsigned does not contain a sign indication in the lower half of the rightmost byte. Each half of a byte contains one hexadecimal digit representing the decimal digit of that position in the number. The length of this field type is a maximum of 11 bytes or, in other words, 22 decimal digits. The number of decimal places cannot exceed the maximum number of digits possible for this field.