SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) method

Sets the NUMERIC-SEPARATOR and NUMERIC-DECIMAL-POINT attributes simultaneously.

Return type:

LOGICAL

Applies to:

SESSION system handle

 

Syntax 

SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT ( separator , decimal-point )

separator

A CHARACTER expression that represents, in formatted text, a number’s thousands separator.

The thousands separator cannot be represented by any of the following:

The characters: B C D R Z z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + - < > ( ) * ?

Note:

The space character is allowed.

Any multi-byte character

decimal-point

A CHARACTER expression that represents, in formatted text, a number’s decimal point.

The decimal point cannot be represented by any of the following:

The characters: B C D R Z z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + - < > ( ) * ?

The space character

Any multi-byte character

SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) returns TRUE if the operation is successful.

Note:

The values set by the SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) method override the values set by the Thousands Separator (-numsep) and Fractional Separator (-numdec) startup parameters.