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	:2.) S may be compatible with non-Business Rules files, specifically [[C]] files.		:2.) S may be compatible with non-Business Rules files, specifically [[C]] files.
	:3.) [[D]] is machine dependent, but all machines should support 10e+-38 with up to 7 digits of precision.		:3.) [[D]] is machine dependent, but all machines should support 10e+-38 with up to 7 digits of precision.

			===See Also===
			As a [[Attribute (Screen)\|screen attribute]], S refers to [[Sunken Appearance]].

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The '''S (single-precision floating-point) format specification''' should be used where speed and/or floating point are required. S can be used with [[FORM]] for internal and external files. It is not available with FORM for display files and it cannot be used with full screen processing.

;Input characteristics:
Since S represents a floating-point number, any number with any amount of decimal positions will be accepted when S is specified. Rounding will not occur. A field length or number of decimal positions is never specified when S is coded. Business Rules four characters of storage for every S-formatted data item.

;Output characteristics:
All significant digits in S-formatted data will be output exactly as they were input.

;Technical Considerations:
:1.) By definition, S is not portable. It is native to the floating-point format of the machine.
:2.) S may be compatible with non-Business Rules files, specifically [[C]] files.
:3.) [[D]] is machine dependent, but all machines should support 10e+-38 with up to 7 digits of precision.

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[[Category:Format Specifications]]
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Laura at 15:54, 7 August 2013

Laura: Created page with "The '''S (single-precision floating-point) format specification''' should be used where speed and/or floating point are required. S can be used with FORM for internal and ..."