SET CURRENCY

Purpose

Define the currency symbol associated with the CURRENCY() function

Syntax

SET CURRENCY TO <expC>

See Also

CURRENCY(), SET LANGUAGE

Description

The SET CURRENCY TO command allows you to define the currency symbol associated with the CURRENCY() function or the ’$’ picture symbol, as specified by the character expression <expC>. This expression has a length of one character. By default, CURRENCY is $.

NOTE: The SET LANGUAGE command may be required to obtain the ’£’ character. See the SET LANGUAGE command for further details.

Example

set currency to ’£’
? currency(5000.00)
 £5,000.00

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