RFIELD

By default, numeric values are printed in fields eight characters wide. The RFIELD subcommand allows you to specify a field width of 1 to 40 characters. This is useful for formatting output or allowing a larger field for more significant digits. The numeric field width is set back to the default of eight after the PRINT statement completes. The form of the subcommand is:

  @(RFIELD=numexpr)

where "numexpr" is a numeric expression with a value from 0 to 40.

Note: if RFIELD is set to 0, the field width will automatically be altered to exactly the width required by the printed numeric value.

Example:

   PRINT 1,2,3                  yields      1       2       3
   PRINT @(RFIELD=1),1,2,3      yields      123
   PRINT @(RFIELD=4),-4.567     yields      -4.5
   PRINT @(RFIELD=0),1,-2,5.1   yields      1-25.1