Floating-point Items and Display Formats
Data Item Attribute
Data Editor manages the following as floating-point items:
- External floating-point items
- Single-precision internal floating-point items (COMP-1)
- Double-precision internal floating-point items (COMP-2)
Default Value
When a new item is created or a record is added, the Default Value is set to NULL on the screen.
Input Specification
Characters that can be input: Normal-width characters, em-size characters, a combination of normal-width/em-size characters.
Number of digits that can be input: External Upper limit depends on the item attribute.
COMP-1 Maximum of four digits.
COMP-2 Maximum of eight digits.
Display Specification
The data is displayed in the format in which it is stored.
Stored Data Format
Data is stored in the format in which it is input. If the input data has fewer than the maximum number of digits, the unused digits are padded with NULL characters.