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Informats

VMSZNw.d Informat



Reads VMS and MicroFocus COBOL zoned numeric data.
Category: Numeric
Width range: 1 to 32
Default width: 1

Syntax
Details
Examples
See Also

Syntax

VMSZNw.d

w

specifies the width of the output field.

d

specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the numeric value. This argument is optional.


Details

The VMSZNw.d informat is similar to the ZDw.d informat. Both read a string of ASCII digits, and the last digit is a special character denoting the magnitude of the last digit and the sign of the entire number. The difference between the VMSZNw.d informat and the ZDw.d informat is in the special character used for the last digit. The following table shows the special characters used by the VMSZNw.d informat.

Desired
Digit
Special
Character
Desired
Digit
Special
Character
0 0 -0 p
1 1 -1 q
2 2 -2 r
3 3 -3 s
4 4 -4 t
5 5 -5 u
6 6 -6 v
7 7 -7 w
8 8 -8 x
9 9 -9 y

Data formatted using the VMSZNw.d informat are ASCII strings.


Examples

input @1 vmszn4.;

Data line Results
----+----1

1234
1234
123t
-1234


See Also

Format:

VMSZNw.d Format

Informat:

ZDw.d Informat

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