/TRUNCATE /NOTRUNCATE (D) Controls how the compiler stores values in COMPUTATIONAL receiving items if high-order truncation is necessary. If you specify /TRUNCATE, the compiler truncates values according to the number of decimal digits specified by the PICTURE size. Specifying /TRUNCATE increases program execution time. The default, /NOTRUNCATE, instructs the compiler to truncate values according to the hardware storage unit (word, longword, or quadword) allocated to the receiving item.