Total Clause - Tandem ENFORM 058057 Reference Manual

TOTAL Clause

The TOTAL clause prints the grand total for a numeric target-item. This clause is an
optional part of the LIST statement and cannot be specified in a FIND statement. The
syntax of the TOTAL clause is:
target-item
{
by-item
target-item
is a record name, a field name, a numeric literal, a predefined aggregate, a user
aggregate, an arithmetic expression, an IF/THEN/ELSE expression, a user table
name, a user variable, a System Variable clause. The data type of the target-item
being totaled must be numeric.
by-item
is a field whose values are grouped by a BY or BY DESC clause.
When the TOTAL clause is specified, ENFORM prints the grand total for a target-item
or by-item after printing the last value of the target-item or by-item. ENFORM precedes
the total by two rows of underline characters, as specified by the @UNDERLINE
option variable. The Option Variable clauses are discussed in this section.
If the width of the value of a total exceeds the width of the target-item or by-item
display format, an overflow condition occurs causing asterisks to be printed in place of
the total. To prevent this, enlarge the display format by adding an AS clause to the
target-item being totaled. The AS clause is described in this section.
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}
TOTAL
Clauses
TOTAL Clause
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