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JRLewis
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I am attempting to use the WebFOCUS display options to display a negative sign after the percent sign for negative values on a computed field. According to WebFOCUS documentation, any of the display options can be used in any order. However, when I try to use the option '%-', I get an error. I can use the options in the reverse order ('-%') successfully.

My question is - could this be a bug with the version of WF I am on? Is anyone else able to use '%-'?

I thought I would run this past this forum before opening a case with IBI.

Here is some sample code that I believe should work, according to documentation.

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
  COMPUTE PERCENT_OF_COST/P7.2%- = (DEALER_COST - RETAIL_COST) / DEALER_COST * 100;
END


Thanks!

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Prarie
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I'm not sure if it is supposed to work, doesn't for me either on my version, but you can play with it and get what you want.

DEFINE FILE CAR
PERCENT_OF_COST/P7.2% = ((DEALER_COST - RETAIL_COST) / DEALER_COST * 100)* (-1) ;
ALPHA_PCT/A5=FTOA(PERCENT_OF_COST, '(D7.2)',ALPHA_PCT);
NEWPERCENT/A6= EDIT(ALPHA_PCT,'$$999') | '%-' ;

END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
CAR
NEWPERCENT
END


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Tony A
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How about using braces if it is financial data? The negative sign can easily be lost in a large report whereas the braces stand out.

PERCENT_OF_COST/D7.2%B

Also I generally use double precision for percentages, especially if I expect them to tally to sub-totals.

T


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GamP
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Indeed it does not work if you put the minus sign last. Strange thing is that this is valid for % sign and currency symbols only. Other option do not care if the minus sign is first, last or in the middle. PERCENT_OF_COST/P7.2L-S is just as valid as PERCENT_OF_COST/P7.2-LS or PERCENT_OF_COST/P7.2LS-. But with % and ! options, the minus has to come first ...


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JRLewis
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Thanks, everyone, for the responses! There are many ways to do what I want to do, but I wanted to use the delivered display options if possible.


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Waz
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It half works with PCT_OF_COST/P7.2-%, but doesn't look good.

Might be worth it to put a case in with IBI to say that %- format should be valid


Waz...

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