TRAILSGNw. Informat

Reads a trailing plus (+) or minus (–) sign.

Category: Numeric
Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Example

Syntax

TRAILSGNw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default 6
Range 1–32

Details

If the data contains a decimal point, the TRAILSGN informat honors the number of decimal places that are in the input data. If the data contains a comma, the TRAILSGN informat reads the value, ignoring the comma.

Example 

input x trailsgn8.;
Data Line
Result
 
----+----1
 
1
 
1
 
1,000
 
1000
 
1+
 
1
 
1-
 
-1
 
1.2
 
1.2
 
1.2+
 
1.2
 
1.2-
 
-1.2
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