COMMAXw.d Informat
Removes embedded periods, blanks, dollar signs,
percent signs, hyphens, and closing parenthesis from the input data.
An open parenthesis at the beginning of a field is converted to a
minus sign. The COMMAX informat reverses the roles of the decimal
point and the comma.
| Category: |
Numeric |
| Alias: |
DOLLARXw.d |
Syntax
Syntax Description
w
specifies the width
of the input field.
d
specifies the power
of 10 by which to divide the value. If the data contain a comma, which
represents a decimal point, the d value
is ignored. This argument is optional.
Details
The COMMAXw.d informat
reads numeric values and removes embedded periods, blanks, dollar
signs, percent signs, hyphens, and close parentheses from the input
data. The COMMAXw.d informat
converts an open parenthesis at the beginning of a field to a minus
sign.
Comparisons
The COMMAXw.d informat
operates like the COMMAw.d informat,
but it reverses the roles of the decimal point and the comma. This
convention is common in European countries.