Within one PICTURE character-string, these symbols are mutually exclusive as floating insertion symbols.
Floating insertion editing is specified by including two or more consecutive floating insertion symbols in the PICTURE character-string.
A currency symbol represents a currency sign, which may either be the currency symbol itself, or a currency-string one or more characters in length that is specified in the CURRENCY SIGN clause of the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph. The size of the edited item will be increased by the number of characters contained in the corresponding currency-string for the first currency symbol present, and by a further character for each additional currency symbol in the PICTURE character-string.
If the floating insertion symbol represents a single character, the symbols are used to represent all character positions into which the corresponding character could be inserted. The leftmost floating insertion symbol in the character-string represents the leftmost limit at which the character can appear in the data item. The rightmost floating insertion symbol represents the rightmost limit at which the character can appear.
If the floating insertion symbol represents a multiple-character currency-string, the symbols are used to represent all the positions into which the final character of the currency-string could be inserted. The leftmost floating insertion symbol in the character-string represents the leftmost limit at which the final character of the currency-string can appear in the data item. The rightmost floating insertion symbol represents the rightmost limit at which the final character of the currency-string can appear.
The second leftmost floating insertion symbol in the character-string represents the leftmost limit at which numeric data can appear within the data item. Floating insertion symbols at or to the right of this limit represent numeric character positions. They may be replaced by numeric data, starting with the leading nonzero numeric character.
Any simple-insertion symbols (B 0 / ,) within or to the immediate right of the string of floating insertion symbols are considered part of the floating character-string. If the period (.) special-insertion symbol is included within the floating string, it is considered to be part of the character-string.
PICTURE Value of Data Edited Result
$$$$.99 .123 $.12
$$$9.99 .12 $0.12
$,$$$,999.99 -1234.56 $1,234.56
U,UUU,UU9.99- -1234.56 EUR1,234.56-
u,uuu,uu9.99 1234.56 USD1,234.56
+,+++,999.99 -123456.789 -123,456.78
$$,$$$,$$$.99CR -1234567 $1,234,567.00CR
++,+++,+++.+++ 0000.00