Text Edit Format Characters

Table 55. Text Edit Format Characters

Character	Description
X	Use character in field.
B	Insert blank.
~ (tilde)	Skip character in field.
R[n]	Reverse sequence of string, for languages such as Hebrew. The optional number indicates right justification within length indicated.

Any other character (for example, punctuation) in a text edit mask is treated as a constant and is included in the edited field.

The characters 8, 9, 0, V, and $ are illegal in a text edit mask because they are used to indicate that the mask is for a numeric edit.