Decorations - Tandem ENFORM 058057 Reference Manual

Decorations specify character strings that can be printed along with the value of a

Decorations

target-item or by-item. Decorations also specify the conditions under which the
character string is added, the location at which the character string is added, and
whether the character string is added before normal formatting is done or after it is
completed. The syntax of a decoration is:
condition
condition
is one or more of the following:
add char-string if value is negative.
M
add char-string if value is null.
N
add char-string if value is positive.
P
add char-string if value is zero.
Z
add char-string if overflow condition occurs.
O
location
is one of the following:
A n absolute position n.
floating.
F
prior.
P
char-string
is one or more alphanumeric characters enclosed within apostrophes (' ').
The following rules apply to decorations:
Separate multiple decorations by commas.
Enclose decorations in brackets along with any modifiers.
Specify decorations immediately before the edit descriptor they modify.
Enclose decorations and the edit descriptors they modify within quotation marks
(" ").
ENFORM evaluates decorations from left to right.
You are responsible for ensuring that the display format width is large enough to
contain both the target-item or by-item value and the inserted character string.
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location char-string
Clauses
AS Clause
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