Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767251
Date 10/31/2024
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INQUIRE: DECIMAL Specifier

The DECIMAL specifier asks which decimal editing mode is in effect for a file connection. It takes the following form:

DECIMAL = dmode

dmode

Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:

'COMMA'

If a decimal comma is used during decimal editing mode.

'POINT'

If a decimal point is used during decimal editing mode.

'UNDEFINED'

If there is no connection or if the connection is not for formatted I/O.