I have a report where some of the records need to have an other format than others.
Sometimes as integer sometimes as decimal.

DEFINE FILE FH0208FB
FMAT/A10=IF  NUMBER EQ 8 THEN 'I7' ELSE 'D7.1S';
END
TABLE FILE FH0208FB
SUM
     AMOUNT/FMAT AS ''
BY NUMBER
ACROSS PERIOD
END

This does not work, gives a left hand error....
But can this be done?

Frank,

I think the format of the variable should not be A10 but A8.

Hope this helps...

So simple.....