DECEDIT(*JOBRUN | ‘value’)

The DECEDIT keyword specifies the characters used as the decimal point and digit separator (thousands separator) for edited decimal numbers and whether or not leading zeros are printed.

Note: Zeros to the right of a decimal point are always printed.

If keyword EXPROPTS(*USEDECEDIT) is specified, the DECEDIT keyword also specifies the decimal point and digit separator for the built-in functions such as %DEC that convert character to numeric. See Rules for converting character values to numeric values using built-in functions.

If DECEDIT is not specified, the default decimal point is a period (.) and the default digit separator is a comma (,).

If *JOBRUN is specified, the DECFMT value associated with the job at runtime is used. The possible job decimal formats are listed in the following table:

Table 1. DECEDIT with *JOBRUN

Job Decimal Format	Decimal Point	Digit Separator	Print Leading Zeros	Edited Decimal Number
blank	period (.)	comma (,)	No	.123
I	comma (,)	period (.)	No	,123
J	comma (,)	period (.)	Yes	0,123

If a value is specified, then the edited decimal numbers are printed according to the following possible values:

Table 2. DECEDIT with ‘value'

'Value’	Decimal Point	Digit Separator	Print Leading Zeros	Edited Decimal Number
’.‘	period (.)	comma (,)	No	.123
’,‘	comma (,)	period (.)	No	,123
’0.‘	period (.)	comma (,)	Yes	0.123
’0,‘	comma (,)	period (.)	Yes	0,123