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Default Display Formats

Table C–1 shows the default formats for data types.

Table C–1: Default Display Formats for Data Types 
Data Type of Expression
Default Format
Character
x(8)
Date
99/99/99
Decimal
->>,>>9.99 1
Integer
->,>>>,>>9 1
Logical
yes/no
  1. If you use the European Numeric Format (-E) startup option, the default format for decimal numbers is ->>.>>9,99 and the default format for integers is >>.>>>.>>99. For more information about European numeric formats, see the "Numeric Display Formats" section in this appendix.

The display format of a field indicates how Results displays the data in that field. it has nothing to do with the actual data that is stored in the database. For example, a name field could be 40 characters long in the database, but if the display format is x(20), only the first twenty characters out of forty display.


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