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DC - Character for Decimal Point Notation

This Natural profile and session parameter determines the character to be used as decimal separator, that is, a point or a comma.

Within a Natural session, the profile parameter DC can be overridden by the session parameter DC.

Possible settings any special character

The character assigned to DC will be in effect for all notations where a decimal separator is possible; that is, variables, constants and edit masks. The character specified with the DC parameter

  • must not be the same as the one specified with the IA profile/session parameter (input assign character) or ID profile/session parameter (input delimiter character),

  • should not be the same as the one specified with the CF profile/session parameter (control character for terminal commands) or HI profile parameter (help character).

Default setting . (period)  
Dynamic specification yes  
Specification within session yes Applicable Statements: SET GLOBALS Parameter is evaluated at runtime.
Applicable Command: GLOBALS Parameter may be specified dynamically with the GLOBALS system command.
Application Programming Interface USR1005N

See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation.

Note:
If you change DC in your parameter file, you must resave the DDM you are using in your Natural program which stores a new .NSD file on disk.

Under Natural Security: The setting of this parameter can be overridden by the Session Parameters option of the Library Profile.

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