Natural for OpenVMS Version 6.3.12 for OpenVMS
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UC - Underlining Character

This session parameter determines the character that is used as underlining character for the following:

Possible settings any character See also Note.
OFF
Default setting - Hyphen (-).
Specification within session yes  
Applicable statements

DISPLAY
FORMAT
WRITE TITLE
WRITE TRAILER

 
Applicable command none  

Note:
If you do not wish column headers to be underlined, you have the following options:

UC= A blank line will be output instead of underlining.
UC=OFF The field values will be output immediately below the heading line, without any blank line in between.

You can specify UC=OFF only at the statement level of a DISPLAY statement; in this case, you cannot make any other UC specifications for individual fields in that statement.

Examples:

FORMAT UC=* 
DISPLAY (UC= ) NAME AGE (UC=+)

Note:
See also Underlining Character for Titles and Headers - UC Parameter in the Programming Guide.

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