Tandem ENFORM 058057, Reference Manual, Page: 135 / 312

AS Clause
Clauses
5–14
058057 Tandem Computers Incorporated
Nonrepeatable Edit
Descriptors
Nonrepeatable edit descriptors indicate some ways target-items or by-items are to be
printed. Values described by the nonrepeatable edit descriptors do not require data
conversion by the Formatter; however, the Formatter does process these values. When
nonrepeatable edit descriptors are specified with modifiers or decorations, both the
nonrepeatable edit descriptor and the repeatable edit descriptor must be enclosed in
parentheses. The types of nonrepeatable edit descriptors are:
Scale factor edit descriptor
Optional plus edit descriptor
Scale Factor Edit Descriptor
The scale factor edit descriptor specifies a scale of 10**n for a fixed point (F) number.
The value printed equals the internally represented number multiplied by 10**n. The
syntax is:
nP
n
is the exponent for the scale factor (10**n).
P
is the implied decimal point of the number.
Examples of the Scale Factor Edit Descriptor. The following examples show the effect of
the scale factor edit descriptor.
Format Item Value Printed Item
------ ---------- ------------
"2P F10.2" 100.00 10000.00
"-2P F10.2" 100.00 1.00