Justification Modifiers; Symbol Substitution Modifier - Tandem ENFORM 058057 Reference Manual

Clauses
AS Clause
5–18
Examples of the Justification Modifiers. The following examples show the effect of the

justification modifiers.

Format
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"[RJ] A12"
A12
"[RJ] A2"

Symbol Substitution Modifier

The symbol substitution modifier allows you to change the standard symbols ( '9', 'V',
'Z', '.' and ',') used in edit descriptors. The syntax is:
SS pair-of-symbols
pair-of-symbols
are the standard and substitute symbols enclosed within apostrophes (' '). The
standard symbol must appear first, followed by the substitute symbol.
The symbol substitution modifier allows you to replace the standard symbols used in
edit descriptors. You can change the symbols for 9, Z, V, . and , in the mask (M) edit
descriptor or change the symbol for decimal point (.) in the fixed point (F) edit
descriptor.
The symbol substitution modifier is useful when you need to specify a character
string, that is also a standard mask symbol. An example would be 9 in a mask for a
date. Refer to the last example below.
Examples of the Symbol Substitution Modifier. The following examples show the effect of
the symbol substitution modifier.
Format
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"[SS'.:'] F6.2"
"[SS'.:'] M<ZZZ.99>"
"[SS'.,'] F10.2"
"[SS'9X'] M<XX/XX/19XX>"
058057 Tandem Computers Incorporated
Item Value
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HELLO
HELLO
HELLO
Item Value
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12.45
12.45
12345.67
103179
Printed Item
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HELLO
HELLO
LO
Printed Item
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12:45
12:45
12345,67
10/31/1979