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LEFT.ALIGN (LA)
Examples
Example 1
alphanumeric item
The receiving alphanumeric data item. If the data item is negative, a leading minus sign will
be moved to the data item.
RETAIN.ZERO;
If specified:
$ A zero value is output as a single left-aligned zero, provided a decimal character value
is not specified.
$ A zero value is output as the decimal character followed by the number of zeros
specified by the DECIMALS Data Attribute when a decimal character is also specified.
$ It has no effect with non-zero values.
If not specified, zero values are output as spaces (whether a decimal character value is
specified or not).
A valid abbreviation for RETAIN.ZERO is RZ.
decimal character
Only a period or comma is valid. Enclosing parentheses are mandatory.
This one-character value specifies the decimal point character to be output for numeric
items with the DECIMALS Data Attribute. This value overrides the DECIMAL.CHAR Data
Attribute (if any) and the default decimal character entered on the Report or Ispec Options
screen.
The following command is included in logic:
Results for various values and attributes of NUMIN are given in the following table. (The
ALPHOUT value is shown with each blank represented with a small b character.)
NUMIN Value NUMIN DECIMALS; ALPHOUT (LENGTH; 9)
724 None 724bbbbbb
0 None bbbbbbbbb
0 1ormore bbbbbbbbb
123.45 2 123.45bbb
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