FLTFIXDEC (Floating-Point to Fixed Decimal) keyword in printer files

Use this field-level keyword to print a number in a floating-point field in fixed decimal notation.

This keyword has no parameters.

When you use FLTFIXDEC, the floating-point number is first converted to the equivalent number with an exponent of zero. If the resulting number (digits and exponent) fits in the field defined by the length and decimal positions values, the number is printed with the exponent suppressed and aligned at the decimal point. If the number does not fit in the field, the number prints in standard floating-point form, n.nnnnnnE+nnn. When the FLTFIXDEC keyword is specified, the length of the field is the DDS length plus two (the sign and the decimal point). The minimum length of the field is six.

When the number is too large or small for the fixed-point form, specified by the FLTFIXDEC keyword with the total digits and fractional digits specified for the field, a floating-point form prints that presents the significand as follows (the significand is the string of digits with the decimal point to the left of the exponent sign E):

Total significand decimal digits: DDS total digits minus 5
Fractional significand digits: DDS total digits minus 6

Option indicators are not valid for this keyword.

Example

The following example shows how to specify the FLTFIXDEC keyword.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
     A          R RECFMT1
     A            FIELD1        1OF 3   1  2FLTFIXDEC
     A                                      FLTPCN(*DOUBLE)
     A

These output numbers are converted as follows:

Output number	Printed as
-4.99994321000000E-004	'-4.0000E-004'
-5.00010000000000E-004	' -0.001'
-2.69123400000000E-002	' -0.027'
-0.00000000000000E+000	' 0.000'
0.00000000000000E+000	' 0.000'
2.71828182845900E+003	' 2718.282'
3.14159000000000E-052	' 3.14163-052'
9.87654321012345E+006	' 9876543.210'
9.99999999960000E+006	' 1.0000E+007'