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Revision as of 06:45, 10 April 2017
Prints formatted numeric variables to a string type variable using the specified format <string>. The format string contains literal text to be printed as well as characters for formatting numeric expressions.
Short form
PrintU$
Syntax
PrintUsing$ <string_name>{[ ]}, "<format_string>"; [<expression>];{[<expression>]}*
PrintUsing$ <structure_name>-><string_name>{[ ]}, "<format_string>"; [<expression>];{[<expression>]}*
Availability
Versions 0.4.0.1 and higher
Type
< string_name >: String . The string may be a structure field also .
<format_string>: String
<expression>: Long or Double
Scope
Configuration, Task or Terminal
Limitations
Only 15 digits after the decimal point can be displayed. The statement:
printu “#.################”;My_Var
Examples
Specify a minimum number of characters to print by using the “#” sign and decimal point.
-->Common shared Str1 as string
-->Common Shared B as Double
-->B = 33.344
-->PrintU$ Str , “B is ##.###”;B
-->?Str1
-->B IS 33.34