Re: %char in /free

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth,

>How does one get a leading zero in the very first column, as
>there is no position to the left of it.

Edit words, going back at least as far as RPG II when I learned it on the S/32,
have a special case rule where you can insert an *extra* leading zero in front
of the first blank, in order to achieve leading zeros for all digits.

For example, a field of 5 digits with two decimals could be:

  '0bbb.bb-'  where b is a blank.

Normally this would look like 6 replaceable positions, but when used with a 5
digit field is construed to mean a leading zero should not be surpressed.

Doug