Reads numeric data in the specified locale for international expressions,
and then converts the data to a numeric value.
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w
-
specifies the width of the input field.
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d
-
optionally specifies to divide the number
by 10d. If the data contains decimal
separators, the d value is ignored.
The NLNUMIw.d informat reads numeric data in the specified locale for
international
expressions, and then converts the data to a numeric value. It removes any
thousands separators, decimal separators, blanks, the currency symbol, and
the close parenthesis from the input data.
The NLNUMIw.d informat performs processing that is opposite to the
NLNUMw.d informat.
The following example uses -1,234,356.78 as the input
value.
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options locale=English_UnitedStates;
x=input('-1,234,356.78', nlnumi32.2);
put x=;
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-1234356.78
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