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TABLE OF EDITING CHARACTERS
Character
Use
Specifies a nu1ne ri c field. Nurnbe rs arc right-justified , ... ithin th is fiel d. If
the field width is not suffic il ent to hold the number. an ERROR 36 wi ll
occur. Lead i ng zeroes ar"e converted to bl anks.
* Specifies Asterisk Fill of t he specified positions of a numeric fi eld which
do not CO l' 1t ain dat a.
'
I\
+
&
Causes a dec i rni.:11 point to be displayed w ith in a numer ic l ield.
Use d at the beginning of a numer ic field to specify th~ i nse r tion of commas
aft er every three digits.
Used within a numeric field to cause the number to be displayed in sc ient if ic
notation.
Used in a numeric field to forc·e printi1"lg of the sign of the data.
Specifies a character field. Characters are left.ju stified w ith in the fiel d. If
the field i.vidth is not sufficien't to hold the data string, t he string is truncated.
NOTE: The width of a numeric fi eld must always be one more than th e width of th e data to
allo'""-' for the s ig n of the data. This is true regardless of whether you use the + editing character
or not.
NOTE: The use of the co rru na requires that yo u insert one ex tra ;; fo r' ea ch comma in the editin9
string.
Exampl es
X = Pl Y = 1234 AS = "ABCDEF"
PRfNT USING " # # # "; X
PR I NT USING " ·r ~ ~ ~ .
+3. 141
PAINT USING " j; :t !!. :; :I"" ; X
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