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European Numeric Format (-E)

Operating 
System
and
Syntax 
UNIX
Windows 
-E 
Use
With 
Maximum
Value 
Minimum
Value 
Single-user
Default 
Multi-user
Default 
CS
AMERICAN
AMERICAN

Use European Numeric Format (-E) parameter to tell Progress to display thousands separators as periods and decimal points as commas (for example: 1.234.567,89) when displaying or prompting for numeric values.

AMERICAN is the default value, in which periods are displayed as decimal points and commas as thousands separators (for example: 1,234,567.89).

When you specify EUROPEAN, continue to use periods as decimal points and commas as thousands separators in your source files. Note that there is no command line parameter to specify AMERICAN, or reset EUROPEAN.

Numeric format specifications in the Data Dictionary and the decimal constants in procedures must always use the period to represent the decimal point.

You can also use the SESSION:NUMERIC-FORMAT to get or set the numeric format.


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