Displaying a Caret Symbol (<) in Heading Objects

The caret or less than symbol (<) signals that the next item in a heading object is a field name. Using it in a heading object without a field name produces an error message similar to the following, and the request is not run.

(FOC804) REFERENCED OBJECT <item> IS NOT FOUND IN MFD <master_file>

In order to display the caret symbol in a heading object, use two consecutive caret symbols (<<).

Example: Displaying a Less Than Symbol in a Heading

The following request computes the difference between REVENUE_US and COGS_US and displays those rows in which the difference is less than 100,000.

TABLE FILE WF_RETAIL_LITE
HEADING CENTER
" Difference <<  100,000"
" "
SUM COGS_US REVENUE_US 
COMPUTE Difference/D20.2 = REVENUE_US - COGS_US;
BY PRODUCT_CATEGORY
WHERE TOTAL Difference LT 100000
ON TABLE SET PAGE NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
GRID=OFF,$
ENDSTYLE
END

The heading displays the text Difference < 100,000, as shown in the following image.

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