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5.3.3.7 Numeric Directive

The NUMERIC directive allows you to treat a data item as an unsigned integer when it is declared as alphanumeric. You might use this when the data stored in the item is always numeric.

Syntax

$XFD NUMERIC

or

*(( XFD NUMERIC ))

Example 


$xfd numeric

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