The picture characters K and E delimit the exponent field of a numeric character specification that describes floating-point decimal numbers. The exponent field is the last field of a numeric character floating-point picture specification. The picture characters K and E cannot appear in the same specification.
The value of the exponent is adjusted in the character value so that the first significant digit of the first field (the mantissa) appears in the position associated with the first digit specifier of the specification (even if it is a zero suppression character).
Table 42 shows examples of exponent characters.
|
Source Attributes |
Source Data (in constant form) |
Picture Specification |
Character Value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
FLOAT(5) FLOAT(5) FLOAT(5) |
.12345E06 .12345E-06 .12345E+06 |
V.99999E99 V.99999ES99 V.99999KS99 |
.12345E06 .12345E-06 .12345+06 |
|
FLOAT(5) FLOAT(5) FLOAT(5) |
-123.45E+12 001.23E-01 001.23E+04 |
S999V.99ES99 SSS9.V99ESS9 ZZZV.99KS99 |
-123.45E+12 +123.00Eb-3 123.00+02 |
|
FLOAT(5) FLOAT(5) |
001.23E+04 001.23E+04 |
SZ99V.99ES99 SSSSV.99E-99 |
+123.00E+02 +123.00Eb02 |