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Clauses
Syntax Summary
058058 Tandem Computers Incorporated A–9
location
is where the character string is to be printed:
A n indicates char-string is to be printed at absolute position n.
F indicates char-string is to be inserted after the value is formatted. If
condition is satisfied, char-string is printed immediately to the left of the
item value.
P indicates char-string is inserted before the value is formatted. If condition is
satisfied, char-string is prints to the right of the value.
char-string
is one or more alphanumeric characters enclosed within apostrophes (‘ ’).
"[" modifiers "]"
alter the effect of the edit descriptors as follows:
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
where
char is an ASCII character enclosed in apostrophes.
pr-of-symbols is a special mask symbol (see repeatable-edit-descriptors) and a
substitution character.
date-in-internal-format AS DATE
{}
*
display-format
time-in-internal-format AS TIME
{}
*
display-format
AT END PRINT print-list [ CENTER ]
AT START PRINT print-list [ CENTER ]