I don't know what documentation you are looking at but, if I understand you correctly, I think you need to do something like this:
PROMPT '' CRT @(-1) promptPositionAndText = @(1,3):'Enter number:' inputPosition = @(15,3):@(-4) CRT promptPositionAndText: CRT inputPosition: INPUT data,10:_ CRT inputPosition:data"R#10": CRT Dan "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald E. Knuth On Jan 26, 9:56 am, Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > jbase manual explained that the INPUT@ statement can be used such that > numeric input could be formatted on the screen. I have tried to do this but > has failed so far. How can i format the input on the screen as soon as the > user finished inputing the data? I have tried something like this but failed: > > INPUT @(2,5) : USER.INPUT "£" > > This is an extract from the jbase documentation: "Numeric values in variable > assignments, expressions or CRT, PRINT and INPUT@ statements can be formatted > using format strings. ThisCOMMAND SYNTAXVARIABLE "{f}{£}{,}{d}{fieldwidth}" > > Thanks > > > Williams > will produce a formatted output display of the raw data string. Multiple > format strings can be applied to a variable expression, and if used, will be > applied from left to right. The syntax of > this construct is as follows: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please read the posting guidelines at: http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions specific to Globus/T24 To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
