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.
| Possible settings | any special character | Assignment character for the input
parameter processing in INPUT statements.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Default setting | = |
Equals sign. | |
| Dynamic specification | yes | ||
| Specification within session | yes | ||
| Applicable statements | SET
GLOBALS |
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| Applicable command | GLOBALS |
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| Application programming interface | USR0350N,
USR1005N *
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See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation. * Recommended. |
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Notes:
CF (control character for
mainframe terminal commands), DC (decimal character) or
ID (input delimiter character)
and should not be the same as the one specified with the profile parameter
HI (help character).
IA can be overridden by the session parameter
IA.
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
