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Formats

Ew. Format



Writes numeric values in scientific notation.
Category: Numeric
Alignment: right
See: Ew. Format under z/OS

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples

Syntax

Ew.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field. The output field can dispaly up to fourteen significant digits.

Default: 12
Range: 7-32

Details

When formatting values in scientific notation, the E format reserves the first column of the result for a minus sign and formats up to fourteen significant digits.


Examples

put @1 x e10.;

Value of x

Results

----+----1----+
1257
 1.257E+03
-1257
-1.257E+03

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