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SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) Method

Sets both the NUMERIC-SEPARATOR attribute and the NUMERIC-DECIMAL-POINT attribute at the same time.

Return Type: LOGICAL

Applies To: SESSION System Handle

SYNTAX
SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT ( separator , decimal-point ) 

separator

A CHARACTER expression that represents, in formatted text, a number’s thousands separator.

The thousands separator cannot be represented by any of the following:

decimal-point

A CHARACTER expression that represents, in formatted text, a number’s decimal point.

The decimal point cannot be represented by any of the following:

NOTE: The values set by the SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) method override the values set by the Thousands Separator (-numsep) and Fractional Separator (-numdec) startup parameters.


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