FLTPCN (Floating-Point Precision) keyword in printer files

Use this keyword to specify the precision of a floating-point field.

The format of the keyword is:

FLTPCN(*SINGLE | *DOUBLE)

The *SINGLE parameter specifies single precision and the *DOUBLE parameter specifies double precision. This keyword is valid for floating-point fields only (data type F).

A single-precision field can be up to 9 digits; a double-precision field can be up to 17 digits. If you specify a field length greater than 9 (single precision) or 17 (double precision), an error message is issued and the file is not created.

Option indicators are not valid for this keyword.

Example

The following example shows how to specify the FLTPCN keyword.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
00090A            FIELDA        17F 4   2  3FLTPCN(*DOUBLE)
     A

FIELDA is a floating-point field with double precision.