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Re: Edit Masks

Chris Snow wrote:
>
> Hello all.  I'm using SQR V3.0.13.3 and am wondering why SQR prints a tick
> (`) in a number value when a number mask is used such as $$999,999.99 or
> 9,999.  If the value is shorter than a comma placemark, then the tick prints
> above where the comma would go.
>   Example:
>      move 999 to &val
>      print   &val  (1,1) edit $999,999.99
>
>      yields an output of    $   `999.00  (notice the mark)
>
> Can anyone tell me what's going on here?
>
> ________________________________________
> Christopher Snow, Integrity Information Services
> 800-724-5939 pgr
> chris_snow@msn.com
> 'As knowledge increases, wonder deepens'
>                                        Charles Morgan

Hey, Chris!
        Variables signed with an ampersand (&), such as your &VAL, are
reserved by SQR for use as the output from database queries.
(BEGIN-SELECT to
END-SELECT). Try to use an SQR numerical variable instead:

        MOVE 999 TO #val
        PRINT #val      (1,1) EDIT $999,999.99

        This should help.


                        Happy computing,
                        Ken Gartman