Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual

The fill-character modifier has the form:
FL char
any single character, enclosed in quotation marks or apostrophes.char
These are examples of fill-character replacement:
ResultData ValueFormat
|THEN......|'THEN'[FL'.']A10
|> >>HERE|'HERE'[RJ,FL">"]A7
|$***127.39|127.39[FL"*"]M<$ZZ,ZZ9.99>
The "|" character is used to denote the boundaries of the output field.
Overflow-Character Modifier (OC)
The overflow condition occurs if there are more characters to be placed into a field than there are
positions provided by the edit descriptors. In the absence of any modifier or decoration to the
contrary, if an overflow condition occurs in a numeric field, the field is filled with asterisks (*). This
applies to the D, E, F, G, I, and M edit descriptors. The OC modifier can be used to substitute any
other character for the asterisk as the overflow indicator character.
The OC modifier has the form:
OC char
any single character, enclosed in quotation marks or apostrophes.char
For example, the modifier OC ‘!'] causes the output field to be filled with exclamation marks,
instead of asterisks, if an overflow occurs:
ResultData ValueFormat
|!!|100[OC'!']I2
The "|" character is used to denote the boundaries of the output field.
Justification Modifiers (LJ, RJ)
The A edit descriptor normally displays the data left justified in its field.
The justification modifiers are:
Left justify (normal)LJ
Right justify (data is displayed right justified)RJ
The RJ and LJ modifiers are used with the A edit descriptor only.
Symbol-Substitution Modifier (SS)
The symbol-substitution modifier permits the user to replace certain standard symbols used by the
formatter with other symbols. It can be used with the M edit descriptor to free the special characters
9, V, ., and Z for use as text characters in the mask. It can also be used with the D, E, F, and G
edit descriptors to alter the standard characters they insert in the result field. The symbol substitution
modifier has the form:
SS symprs
one or more pairs of symbols enclosed in quotation marks or apostrophes. The first symbol in each pair is
one of those in this table; the second is the symbol that is to replace it temporarily.
symprs
1566 Formatter Edit Descriptors