Continental Decimal Notation SPACES_DOT Option

The SET CDN command specifies punctuation used in numeric notation. Continental Decimal Notation is supported for output in report requests. It is not supported in DEFINE or COMPUTE commands. The CDN parameter has a new option, SPACES_DOT or SPACEP, that displays a space as the thousands separator and a period as the decimal separator.

The SPACES_DOT option has been added to the Set canvas, as shown in the following image.

Possible values are:

• COMMAS_DOT or OFF sets the decimal separator as a period and the thousands separator as a comma.
• DOTS_COMMA or ON sets the decimal separator as a comma and the thousands separator as a period.
• QUOTES_COMMA or QUOTE sets the decimal point as a comma and the thousands separator as an apostrophe.
• QUOTES_DOT or QUOTEP sets the decimal point as a period and the thousands separator as an apostrophe.
• SPACES_COMMA or SPACE sets the decimal point as a comma, and the thousands separator as a space.
• SPACES_DOT or SPACEP sets the decimal point as a period, and the thousands separator as a space.

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