RULES OF MOVE
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SOURCE FIELDS |
RECEIVING |
FIELDS |
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GROUP |
ALPHABETIC |
ALPHANUMERIC |
NUMERIC |
NUMERIC EDIT |
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|
GROUP |
VALID |
VALID |
VALID |
INVALID |
VALID |
|
ALPHABETIC |
VALID |
VALID |
VALID |
INVALID |
INVALID |
|
ALPHANUMERIC |
VALID |
VALID |
VALID |
INVALID |
INVALID |
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NUMERIC |
VALID |
INVALID |
INTEGER ONLY |
VALID |
VALID |
|
NUMERIC EDIT |
VALID |
INVALID |
VALID |
INVALID |
VALID |
1. RECEIVING FIELD DETERMINES THE TYPE OF MOVE.
2. ALPHANUMERIC: LEFT JUSTIFIES & CHOPS OR PADS (WITH SPACES) ON THE RIGHT.
3. NUMERIC: ALIGNS ON DECIMAL POINT (INTEGERS HAVE IMPLIED DECIMAL POINT ON RIGHT).
WILL CHOP OR PAD (WITH ZEROS) ON LEFT OR RIGHT IF COMING FROM A NUMERIC FIELD.
4. ELEMENTARY TO GROUP MOVE IS AN ALPHANUMERIC MOVE BY DEFAULT.