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| Formats |
Dw.p Format
Prints numeric values, possibly with a great range of values, lining up decimal places for values of similar magnitude.
| Category: | Numeric |
| Alignment: | right |
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Syntax |
| Dw.p |
Syntax Description
- w
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specifies the width of the output field. This argument is optional.
Default: 12 Range: 1-32 - p
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specifies the precision. This argument is optional.
Default: 3 Range: 0-9 Requirement: p must be less than w Tip: If p is omitted or is specified as 0, then p is set to 3. Tip: If zero is the desired precision, use the w.d format in place of the Dw.p format.
| Details |
The Dw.p format writes numbers so that the decimal point aligns in groups of values with similar magnitude. Larger values of p print the data values with more precision and potentially more shifts in the decimal point alignment. Smaller values of p print the data values with less precision and a greater chance of decimal point alignment.
| Comparisons |
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The BESTw. format writes as many significant digits as possible in the output field, but if the numbers vary in magnitude, the decimal points do not line up.
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Dw.p writes numbers with the desired precision and more alignment than the BESTw format.
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The BESTDw.p format is a combination of the BESTw. format and the Dw.p format in that it formats all numeric data, and it does a better job of aligning decimals than the BESTw. format.
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The w.d format aligns decimal points, if possible, but it does not necessarily show the same precision for all numbers.
| Examples |
put @1 x d10.4;
| Value of x | Results |
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12345 |
12345.0 |
1234.5 |
1234.5 |
123.45 |
123.45000 |
12.345 |
12.34500 |
1.2345 |
1.23450 |
.12345 |
0.12345 |
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