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Edit Table Values

Edit table values must be compatible with the data type and length of data to be evaluated at runtime. The configuration of input data at runtime depends on the specific automatic editing processes that are performed on the data.

Automatic editing performs the following processes prior to edit table operations:

• Numeric input data is reversed if REVERSE NUMERIC is enabled for the field.
• Data is altered according to external picture specifications for example:
  • Leading and trailing blanks are stripped from numeric data
  • The decimal point in numeric data is aligned with the decimal point in the external picture
  • Insertion characters are stripped from data
  • Characters that exceed the length specified by the external picture are deleted from the data

Insertion characters are not included in edit table values. For example, the following sample edit table lists values for a ROOM NUMBER field with an external picture of X-X(3) and an internal picture of X(4):