Simple Insertion Editing

Insertion editing is a way to format numeric variables for display, particularly in human-readable formats. One of the editing techniques is "simple insertion editing".

Simple insertion editing is inserting a character(s) in the PICTURE string. Its length is counted as the number of characters displayed or printed, which includes editing characters.

Notes -

• It doesn't affect the PICTURE clause value and only changes how the data is displayed.
• The insertion characters are inserted at the specified position in the PICTURE when a value is moved into the edited item.

The syntax for simple insertion editing involves the use of editing symbols -

• , - Inserts comma.
• B - Inserts one or more blank characters.
• / - Inserts one or more '/' characters.
• 0 - Inserts a leading zero if necessary. It is used to ensure that a particular position will always show a numeric value by inserting a leading zero if necessary.

Examples -