NUMERIC-FORMAT attribute
How to interpret commas and periods within numeric values.
Data type: CHARACTER
Access: Readable/Writeable
Applies to: SESSION system handle
The possible values are "
American
", "European
" or a character string consisting of the thousands separator followed by the decimal point. This attribute provides the same functionality as the European Numeric Format (-E
) parameter.Note: Although NUMERIC-FORMAT remains writable, it accepts only the values “European
” and “American
.” To change the thousands separator or the decimal point in formatted text, use the new SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) method of the SESSION system handle.
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