ENFORM Reference Manual

INTERNAL Clause

Clauses

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INTERNAL Clause The INTERNAL clause allows you to specify the storage format for a user defined

element. The syntax of the INTERNAL clause is:

INTERNAL

internal-format

is the format for storing the user-defined element. Internal-format can be:

An Alphanumeric, where n is the length

In Integer, where n is the length

Fw.d Fixed, where w is the number of digits and d is the number of decimal

places

The optional INTERNAL clause can appear in a PARAM or DECLARE statement.

When the INTERNAL clause is not used, ENFORM stores user-defined elements

(variables, aggregates, tables, and parameters) as 64-bit signed integers. The following

INTERNAL clause specifies the internal-format as fixed. The element has a total length

of 8 digits with 2 digits following the decimal point:

INTERNAL F8.2