Enform Plus Reference Manual

Clauses
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Repeatable Edit Descriptors
"["modifiers"]"
alter the effect of the edit descriptors as follows:
where
The AS clause identifies how an target-item or by-item is printed in the current
report.
Default Display Format.
When no AS clause is specified, Enform Plus looks for either a DDL display format (for
fields) or a DECLARE statement (for variables). If neither of these is present, it uses the
data type of the field. (The data type is derived from the DDL PIC clause or DECLARE
INTERNAL clause, if present. For example, PIC 999999V99 is converted to F9.2—
fixed, nine characters long with two decimal places.) If there is no PIC or INTERNAL
clause, a 64-bit signed integer (or 20-character display format) is used.
The AS clause allows you to use some of the capabilities of the Guardian Formatter.
When you specify a display format, Enform Plus passes your format specifications to
the Formatter. See the Guardian Programmer's Guide for more information about the
Formatter.
Repeatable Edit Descriptors
Repeatable edit descriptors specify the conversion of data values by the Formatter for the
target-item or by-item being printed. The word repeatable has no real meaning
in the context of Enform Plus; the word is used to simplify cross references to the
Formatter terminology. Currently, Enform Plus makes only single target-items or
by-items available for modification by edit descriptors.
BN, BZ prints blanks for null or zero values, respectively.
FL char specifies a substitute fill character.
OC char respecifies the overflow character.
LJ, RJ specifies right or left justification.
SS pr-of-symbols allows substitution of symbols.
char is an ASCII character enclosed in apostrophes.
pr-of-symbols is a special mask symbol (see repeatable-edit-
descriptors) and a substitution character.