The FORMAT Procedure |
Restriction: | You cannot use a SELECT statement and an EXCLUDE statement within the same PROC FORMAT step. |
Tip: | You can also use appropriate global statements with this procedure. See Global Statements for a list. |
See: | FORMAT Procedure under OpenVMS z/OS |
Table of Contents: | The FORMAT Procedure |
Task | Statement | |
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Define formats and informats for variables. |
PROC FORMAT |
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Exclude catalog entries from processing by the FMTLIB and CNTLOUT= options. |
EXCLUDE |
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Create an informat for reading and converting raw data values. |
INVALUE |
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Create a template for printing numbers. |
PICTURE |
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Select catalog entries for processing by the FMTLIB and CNTLOUT= options. |
SELECT |
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Create a format that specifies character strings to use to print variable values. |
VALUE |
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