Format

                 { CENTER  }
                 { DECIMAL }
      JUSTIFIED  { LEFT    }
                 {         }
                 { RIGHT   }

1  –  Description

    The JUSTIFIED field property indicates how to fill the storage
    space allocated to a field element.

    o  JUSTIFIED CENTER centers a TEXT field.

    o  JUSTIFIED DECIMAL right-justifies the whole part of a
       number to the left of a decimal point and left-justifies the
       fractional part of the number to the right of a decimal point.
       DIGITAL DECforms provides interactive decimal justification
       that appears as a user types numeric data.

    o  JUSTIFIED LEFT truncates or fills a TEXT field against the
       left margin. This is the default value.

    o  JUSTIFIED RIGHT truncates or fills a TEXT field against the
       right margin.

    Only DIGITAL DECforms supports JUSTIFIED DECIMAL. All other
    products ignore it. JUSTIFIED DECIMAL requires a decimal string
    or floating-point data type.

    Only COBOL and DIGITAL DECforms support the JUSTIFIED RIGHT
    option. Other language processors ignore it. COBOL displays
    as much of the right portion of a JUSTIFIED RIGHT string as
    possible. If this adjustment leaves storage space to the left
    of the string, COBOL fills this space with blanks.

    Use the JUSTIFIED field property only with fields that have the
    following data types:

    o  TEXT

    o  UNSPECIFIED

    o  Decimal string

    o  Fixed-point

    o  Floating-point

2  –  Examples

    1.CDO>  DEFINE FIELD STREET
      cont>   DATATYPE IS TEXT 15
      cont>   NAME FOR COBOL IS C_STREET
      cont>   JUSTIFIED RIGHT.

      In this example, the DEFINE FIELD command allocates space
      for 15 right-justified text characters in the STREET field
      element.

    2.thsonian Avenue
      15 Maple Street
      ---6 Oak Street

      In this continuation of the previous example, COBOL displays
      the strings "137 Smithsonian Avenue," "15 Maple Street", and "6
      Oak Street" in the STREET field element. The deltas represent
      blanks that COBOL enters to fill the 15 characters allocated
      for the STREET field element. In this example, 15 characters
      appear on a line; however, the individual line lengths vary due
      to the different character sizes.

    3.CDO>  CHANGE FIELD STREET
      cont>   NOJUSTIFIED.

      In this example, the NOJUSTIFIED keyword removes the JUSTIFIED
      RIGHT property from the STREET field element.