Numeric

For such receiving items, the following rules apply:

1. The data is aligned on the assumed decimal point and, if necessary, truncated or padded with zeros. (An assumed decimal point is one that has logical meaning but that does not exist as an actual character in the data.)

2. If an assumed decimal point is not explicitly specified, the receiving item is treated as though an assumed decimal point is specified immediately to the right of the field. The data is then treated according to the preceding rule.

Numeric-edited

The data is aligned on the decimal point, and (if necessary) truncated or padded with zeros at either end, except when editing causes replacement of leading zeros.

X Internal Floating-point

X A decimal point is assumed immediately to the left of the field.
X The data is aligned then on the leftmost digit position
X following the decimal point, with the exponent adjusted
X accordingly.

X External Floating-point

X The data is aligned on the leftmost digit position; the exponent
X is adjusted accordingly.

Alphanumeric, Alphanumeric-Edited, Alphabetic, DBCS

For these receiving items, the following rules apply:

1. The data is aligned at the leftmost character position, and (if necessary) truncated or padded with spaces at the right.

2. If the JUSTIFIED clause is specified for this receiving item, the above rule is modified, as described in "JUSTIFIED Clause" in topic 5.3.9.

>_Workstation_> Under AIX, OS/2, and Windows, using control characters X'00' through X'1F' within an alphanumeric literal can give unpredictable results, which are not diagnosed by the compiler. Use hex literals instead. <_Workstation_<

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