This session parameter is used to control prompting text in INPUT statements.

Possible settings	ON	Even if no text is specified preceding the input/output in an INPUT statement, the name of the field will be generated by default as a text element preceding the field as prompting text.
	OFF	No automatic prompting text will be generated for input/output fields in an INPUT statement. Only fields explicitly preceded with a text element will receive the text as prompting text.
Default setting	ON
Specification within session	yes
Applicable statements	FORMAT INPUT
Applicable command	none

Example:

FORMAT IP=OFF