Output Format

The output format of the statement determines how a statement value is presented at the intersection of a column and a row.

You can enter the output format manually, or by using the three-digit code of a format predefined in the Formats by Generic Unit (ttaad1107m000) session, preceded by "%A".

A statement page consists of statement columns and statement accounts (rows). In this field you indicate how a value must be represented at the intersection of a column and a row (coordinate).

x = coordinates for which you must indicate how their values must be printed.

If you manually enter an output format, you can use the following symbols:

If you manually enter an output format, you can use the following symbols:

  • 9

    Reserves one position for each figure; adds a "0" (zero) if this position does not contain a significant figure.
  • Z

    Reserves one position for each figure; adds a space if this position does not contain a significant figure (can be used both before and after the decimal and thousand signs).
  • V

    Has no meaning if used individually; only when combined with "D" or decimal point, a decimal sign will be inserted at the "V" position.
  • D

    Reserves one position for the decimal sign as defined in the data dictionary; "D" is used together with "V", so that the decimal sign is inserted at the "V" position.
  • T

    Reserves one position for the thousand sign as defined in the data dictionary.
  • -

    If this sign is the first or the last character in a format string, a minus sign ("-") is added either left or right of a negative value; in case of a positive value, a space will be added. If the string contains a minus sign at another position than the first or the last, the sign has the same value as "Z".

Example 1

Output format Value Presentation
  0.12 .12
ZZZTZZZVD99- 12 12.00
  -12345.12 12,345.12-

Example 2

Output format Value Presentation
ZZ9VD99- 0.12 0.12
Note: To preview the results of the output format you define here, click the arrow button. This starts the Test Output Format (tffst0801m000) session.