NLNUMw.d Format

Writes the numeric format of the local expression in the specified locale.

Category:	Numeric
Alignment:	left

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NLNUMw.d

Syntax Description

w: specifies the width of the output field.

Default:6

Range:1–32

d: specifies to divide the number by 10^d. If the data contains decimal separators, the d value is ignored.

Default:0

Range:0–31

Details

The NLMUMw.d format reads integer binary (fixed-point) values, including negative values that are represented in two's-complement notation. The NLNUMw.d format writes numeric values by using the thousands separator and the decimal separator that is used by the locale.

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The NLNUMw.d format writes the numeric value with locale-dependent thousand and decimal separators. The NLNUMIw.d format writes the numeric value with a comma (,) as thousand separator and a period (.) as a decimal separator.

If the w or d values are not large enough to generate a formatted number, the NLNUMw.d format uses an algorithm that prints the thousands-separator characters whenever possible, even if some decimal precision is lost.

Example

x=put(-1234356.7891,nlnum32.2);

Statements	Results
	----+----1----+
options LOCALE=English_UnitedStates; put x=;	-1,234,356.79
options LOCALE=German_Germany; put x=;	-1.234.356,79

NLNUMw.d Format

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