UniBasic Commands Reference - Rocket Software

STATUS Function Return Values
After you execute FMT, the STATUS function returns one of the values described in
the following table.
Value Description
0 Successful completion.
Examples
In the following example, the program segment prints the variable SS.NUM as a
formatted string using a pattern mask. The result printed is a string with 11 characters,
left-justified:“543-70-4128”.
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1 String expression is invalid or exceeds the allowable string size.
2 Conversion code is invalid.
STATUS Function Return Values
SS.NUM=543704128
PRINT FMT(SS.NUM,"11L###-##-####")
In the next example, the program segment prints the variable NUM as a 12-character,
right-justified number with two decimal places, preceded by a dollar sign and
composed with commas. The segment prints the value “$16,526.00”.
NUM = 16526
PRINT FMT(NUM, "12R2$,")
In the next example, the program segment formats the string OUT.STRING with 0 as
the fill character, right-justified, and in a column of four spaces. The segment prints
0044.
OUT.STRING = 44
OUT.STRING = FMT(OUT.STRING,"4\0R")
PRINT OUT.STRING
In the next example, the program statement saves the variable STR as a rightjustified,
eight column string:
STR = STR "R#8"