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Picture Codes
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Say Picture Functions
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B Display numbers left-justified | X Display DB after negative numbers
C Display CR after positive numbers | Z Display zeros as blanks
D Display date in SET DATE format | ( Enclose negative numbers in parens
E Display date in British format | ! Convert alpha characters to upper
R Insert non-template characters |
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Say Picture Template Symbols
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A Display digits for any data type | ! Convert alpha character to upper
N " | $ Display dollar sign instead of
X " | leading space in a numeric
9 " | * Display asterisk instead of
# " | leading space in a numeric
L Display logicals as "T" or "F" | . Specify a decimal point position
Y Display logicals as "Y" or "N" | , Specify a comma position
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Get Picture Functions
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A C Allow only alpha characters
B N Display numbers left-justified
C N Display CR after positive numbers
D D,N Display dates in SET DATE format
E D,N Display dates with day and month inverted
independent of the current DATE SETting,
numerics with comma and period reverse
K All Delete default text if first key is not a cursor key
R C Insert non-template characters in the display but do not
save in the Get variable
S<n> C Allows horizontal scrolling within a Get. <n> is an integer
that specifies the width of the region
X N Display DB after negative numbers
Z N Display zero as blanks
( N Display negative numbers in parentheses with leading spaces
) N Display negative numbers in parentheses without leading spaces
! C Convert alphabetic character to upper case
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Get Picture Template Symbols
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A Allow only alphabetic characters
N Allow only alphabetic and numeric characters
X Allow any character
9 Allow digits for any data type including sign for numerics
# Allow digits, signs and spaces for any data type
L Allow only T, F, Y or N
Y Allow only Y or N
! Convert alphabetic character to upper case
$ Display a dollar sign in place of a leading space in a numeric
* Display an asterisk in place of a leading space in a numeric
. Display a decimal point
, Display a comma
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