Since it is the last character that is blanked, does it need a trailing space for a trailing sign?
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > Hmmm. Thanks. Link certainly seems relevant. (Interesting -- the page that > opens is some weird VM-z/OS hybrid: z/VM z/VM 6.2.0 IBM XL C/C++ for z/VM > z/OS: XL C/C++ Programming Guide Coding: Advanced Topics Using decimal data > types in C Programming examples.) But I find the same example in the z/OS > XLC P/G PDF, so macht nichts. > > But I consistently get 'D(*,*' for output. Here is my exact format: > "%*.*D(*,*)" and I am calling it with 20, 5, &decimal_number, precision, > scale. (I started out with 20, 5 like in the example just to make my life > easier.) > > Here's a rub. The code is C++ and fixed point decimal support is limited to > C ... but ... at the Spring TDM I asked a guy from Toronto why the heck the > fixed point decimal support is only C and not C++. He told me -- very > interesting story but I am going to play it safe here and assume it is under > NDA. But he did tell me that I could call printf() from C++ and format fixed > point decimal with no issues as printf() is a C function, not C++. > > I had not added decimal.h to my code as there is no packed logic other than > the printf() (data comes in from an external source). I added the #include > but still no joy. > > I think I will write to the Toronto guy and ask him the same question I > asked here. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David W Noon > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 3:32 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Can XLC printf() take "%D(*,*)"? > > On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:11:09 -0700, Charles Mills (charl...@mcn.org) wrote > about "Can XLC printf() take "%D(*,*)"?" (in > <0c3301d2be10$d87ed2b0$897c7810$@mcn.org>): > >> I'd like to format fixed point decimal (packed, in other words) >> numbers in a common subroutine that would be passed the precision and >> scaling. Can >> printf() and friends take '*' and then a passed integer for its (n,p) >> values >> - analogous to the way printf() width and precision may be specified? > > KC offers this: > > <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSB27U_6.2.0/com.ibm.zos.r12.cb > cpx01/pex1.htm> > > This page contains the following: > > printf("pd02 = %*.*D(*,*)\n", > 20, 5, digitsof(pd02), precisionof(pd02), pd02); > > This appears to do what you want, but you will need to specify the width and > decimal places for the output field too. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
