Specifies a value that is formatted according to the default edit
       string or the edit string you indicate.
       Format
       FORMAT value-expression [USING edit-string]

1  –  Arguments

    value-expression

       Is a field name or other DEC DATATRIEVE value expression
       specifying a value that DEC DATATRIEVE uses when executing
       statements.

    edit-string

       Is one or more edit string characters that determines the value
       of the value expression. For more information, see the EDIT_
       STRING clause.