COBOL Special Insertion Editing

• Special insertion editing is used to insert the decimal-point while displaying the decimal values of a variable.
• It is very useful to display a decimal point of a decimal value.
• It is applicable for numeric-edited and external floating-point items.

Notes -

• It doesn't affect the value and only changes how the data is displayed.
• Editing characters are inserted at the specified position when a value is moved into the edited variable.

Special insertion editing symbols are -

• . - Inserts period. Represents the position of the decimal point.

Examples -