MONEY-SYMBOL

Note:

This command may be discontinued in a future release. We highly recommend that you no longer use this command. To take advantage of newer Production Reporting functionality, use the ALTER‑LOCALE command.

Function

Redefines the currency symbol to be printed.

Syntax

MONEY-SYMBOL new_symbol

Arguments

new_symbol

A new, single character to replace the dollar sign ($) or DOLLAR‑SYMBOL character on the printed report.

Description

To change the symbol that prints on the report, use the MONEY‑SYMBOL in the programs PROCEDURE sections. When the MONEY‑SYMBOL is set, that value is used until the next MONEY‑SYMBOL command executes.

The DOLLAR-SYMBOL and MONEY-SYMBOL can be used together to customize your Production Reporting application programs and the reports they produce.

To indicate a non-edit character, surround its decimal value with angle brackets (<>). Refer to Table 109 under Table 109 for characters that cannot be used with MONEY‑SYMBOL.

Note:

MONEY-SYMBOL has the same effect as these options of the ALTER‑LOCALE command: MONEY-SIGN and MONEY-SIGN-LOCATION=LEFT.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the DOLLAR-SYMBOL and MONEY‑SYMBOL commands:

begin-setup
 dollar-symbol £	! Define £ as the 

	! currency symbol
end-setup
begin-procedure	! If #Amount=1234.56
...
money-symbol £
print #Amount () Edit £££,999.99	! Prints as: £1,234.56
...
money-symbol $
print #Amount () Edit £££,999.99	! Prints as: $1,234.56
...
money-symbol  
print #Amount () Edit £££,999.99	! Prints as:  1,234.56
...
end-procedure