Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 3.8, Language Reference Manual

FORMAT statement

The FORMAT statement specifies a format list that can be used by edit-directed data transmission statements to control the format of the data being transmitted.

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>>---label:-+--FORMAT--(format-list)--;------------------------><
 
label
Same as the label-reference of the remote-format item, R, discussed in R-format item.
format list
Specified as described under Edit-directed data specification.

A GET or PUT EDIT statement can include an R-format item in its format-list option. That portion of the format list represented by the R-format item is supplied by the identified FORMAT statement.

A condition prefix associated with a FORMAT statement is not allowed.


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