Formats for NLS

$LOGVSw. Format

Processes a character string that is in left-to-right-logical order, and then writes the character string in visual order.

Category:	BIDI text handling
Alignment:	left

Syntax

$LOGVSw.

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	200
Range:	1-32000

The $LOGVSw. format is used when you store logical-ordered text on a visual server.

Note: If the $LOGVSw. format is not accessible, then the Hebrew or Arabic portion of the data will be reversed. [cautionend]

The $LOGVSw. format performs processing that is the opposite of the $LOGVSRw. format.

The following example uses the Hebrew input value of " [Examples] flight".

Statements	Results
	----+----1----+----2----+
put text $logvs12.;	flight

The following example uses the Arabic input value of " [untitled graphic] " computer.

Statements	Results
	----+----1----+----2----+
put text $logvs12.;	computer