(sorry about quoting a different thread, BTW) That's a thought. Thanks.
I had my PL/I experience in mind, and thought it's a bit niche. But Cobol's facilities look /very/ similar :-) Thanks again. Roops On Sun, 5 Mar 2023, 11:07 Binyamin Dissen, <[email protected]> wrote: > A COBOL picture string would probably be the most understood and complete. > > On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 20:06:43 +0000 Rupert Reynolds <[email protected]> > wrote: > > :>To explain, I'm writing new PC code. I want the equivalent of EDMK in > :>(something like) snprintf() format strings to print numbers with optional > :>floating currency symbol and spaces/commas between thousands. (not > :>forgetting n,nn,nn,nnn.nn style used in at least one country). > :> > :>As far as I can see, snprintf() format strings can't handle it, but PL/I > :>and even assembly (EDMK) make this easy. > :> > :>Is there a common standard I should look at, please? > :> > :>e.g. format 1234.56 with "$999,999,990.00" > :>leads to " $1,234.56". > :> > :>I'm not going to be choosy about input data type--it's the presentation > :>that matters and I'd rather not reinvent the wheel. > :> > :>Any suggestions, please? > :> > :>Roops > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
