This Natural profile and session parameter defines the character to be
used as the assignment character for the input parameter processing in
INPUT statements,
either in keyword/delimiter mode or when processing data from the Natural
stack.
Within a Natural session, the profile parameter IA
can be overridden by the session parameter IA.
| Possible settings | any special character |
Assignment character for the input parameter processing in
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|---|---|---|---|
| Default setting | = |
Equals sign. | |
| Dynamic specification | yes | ||
| Specification within session | yes | Applicable Statements: | SET
GLOBALS |
| Applicable Command: | GLOBALS |
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| Application Programming Interface | USR1005N |
See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation. |
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In the following example, it is assumed that, for the beginning, the
default input assign character (=) applies.
** Example 'IACHAR': Input Assign character ************************************************************************ DEFINE DATA LOCAL 1 #A (A1) 1 #B (A1) END-DEFINE * INPUT #A #B * WRITE 'Field #A:' #A / 'Field #B:' #B * END
Enter the command
IACHAR #A=Y,#B=X
The program produces the following output:
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Field #A: Y
Field #B: X
Enter the command
GLOBALS IA=:
This sets the input assign character to colon (:).
Then enter the command
IACHAR #B:X,#A:Y
The program produces the following output:
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Field #A: Y
Field #B: X
Under Natural Security: The setting of this parameter can be overridden by the Session Parameters option of the Library Profile.
