$VSLOGw. Format

Processes a character string that is in visual order, and then writes the character string in left-to-right logical order.
Category: BIDI text handling
Alignment: left

Syntax

$VSLOGw.

Syntax Description

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

Details

The $VSLOGw. format is used when transferring data that is stored in visual order. An example is transferring data from a UNIX server to a Windows client.
Note: The $VSLOGw. format does not correctly process all combinations of data strings.

Comparisons

The $VSLOGw. format performs processing that is opposite to the $VSLOGRw. format.

Example

The following example uses the Hebrew input value of “Hebrew flight”.
Statements
Results
----+----1----+----2----+
put text $vslog12.;
Hebrewflight
The following example uses the Arabic input value of “Arabic” computer.
Statements
Results
----+----1----+----2----+
put text $vslog12.;
Arabic computer