UniBasic Commands Reference - Rocket Software

Parameter Description
prefix],
[thsnd_mark]
,
[dec_symbl],
[suffix]
The square brackets enclosing these parameters are required.
prefix – Nonnumeric character(s) to precede the formatted number. For
example, MD2[**] produces "**nnn...".
thsnd_mark – Nonnumeric character(s) to delimit thousands. To specify a
comma, enclose it in single quotation marks, and then use double quotation
marks to enclose the conversion code. For example, " MD2[,',' ]" produces
"...,nnn,nnn".
dec_symbl – Alternate symbol to represent the decimal point.
suffix – Nonnumeric character(s) to follow the formatted number. For
example, MD2[, , ,**] produces "...nnn**".
, Inserts commas to separate thousands, millions, and so forth.
$ Precedes the output with a dollar sign ($).
- Specifies the negative sign (for negative data) to precede negative numbers.
< or E Specifies that negative data is surrounded by brackets.
C Specifies that negative data is followed by CR, indicating a credit.
D Specifies that negative data is followed by DB, indicating a debit.
P Specifies that no scaling is performed if a decimal is present in the input
value.
Z Specifies that zeros are to be suppressed.
T Specifies that the number is to be truncated, not rounded to the number of
decimal places specified in n.
xc Specifies that the character c is used to fill spaces left to the left of the
number after output data is formatted. x indicates the size of the mask.
OCONV Masked Decimal (MD) Parameters (continued)
OCONV Masked Decimal (MD) 1-502