Difference between revisions of "SET CURRENCY"

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set currency to ’£’
 
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? currency(5000.00)
 
? currency(5000.00)
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£5,000.00</code>
  
  
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[[Category:Numeric Data Set Commands]]

Revision as of 09:24, 2 June 2009

Class

Numeric Data


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


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer