Floating Command [FL]
Specify the format and the number of decimal-places for floating-point fields.
FLOATING DEFAULT |
FIXED decimal-places |
SCIENTIFIC decimal-places
(Default: Default)
By default, STExport formats floating-point fields (classic floating-point or IEEE floating-point) into either a fixed number or into scientific notation. Which notation
STExport chooses, depends on the value of each field in each input record. You can force STExport to choose either scientific or fixed notation and the number of decimal places for all floating-point numbers. You cannot specify these options for a specific field or make them different for 32-bit versus 64-bit floating-point numbers.
Fixed Format
Use Floating Fixed to force all floating-point numbers to appear in a fixed format.
You specify the maximum number of digits to the right of the decimal point. If you specify Floating Fixed, STExport does not remove trailing zeros from the formatted numbers. If you specify Columns Fixed, all floating-point values will be aligned along the decimal point.
Scientific Format
Use Floating Scientific to force all floating-point numbers to appear in scientific notation. You must specify the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. The
Scientific option formats the number with all significant digits to the right of the decimal-point followed by the exponent (e.g., "0.47832E-10").
Notes
Both the Fixed and Scientific options attempt to round the number to the specified number of decimal-places within the maximum width for each floating-point datatype. If STExport cannot format a floating-point field in the specified number of decimal-places, the number appears as asterisks "****".
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