1. Any or all leading numeric character positions to the left of the decimal point are represented by the floating insertion symbol. When editing is performed, a single floating insertion character is placed to the immediate left of the first nonzero digit in the data, or of the decimal point, whichever is farther to the left. The character positions to the left of the inserted character are filled with spaces.
   If all numeric character positions in the PICTURE character-string are represented by the insertion character, then at least one of the insertion characters must be to the left of the decimal point.

2. All the numeric character positions are represented by the floating insertion symbol. When editing is performed, then:
   • If the value of the data is zero, the entire data item will contain spaces.
   • If the value of the data is nonzero, the result is the same as in rule 1.

        PICTURE               Value of Data        Edited Result

              $$$$.99                 .123                  $.12
              $$$9.99                 .12                  $0.12
         $,$$$,999.99            -1234.56              $1,234.56
         +,+++,999.99          -123456.789           -123,456.78
        $$,$$$,$$$.99CR       -1234567             $1,234,567.00CR
        ++,+++,+++.+++            0000.00

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