$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
Details
Comparisons
Example
See Also

Syntax

$LOGVSw.

Syntax Description

w
specifies the width of the output field.
Default:200
Range:1–32767

Details

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.

Comparisons

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

Example

The following example uses the Hebrew input value of “ flight”. Hebrew
Statements
Results 
----+----1----+----2----+
 
put text $logvs12.;
Hebrew flight
The following example uses the Arabic input value of “Arabic” computer.
Statements
Results 
----+----1----+----2----+
 
put text $logvs12.;
Arabic computer

See Also

Formats:
$LOGVSRw. Format
Informats:
$LOGVSRw. Informat
$LOGVSw. Informat
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