XFA Specification
Chapter 24, Picture Clause Specification
Picture Clause Reference
926
Numeric Pictures
The following table describes the standard ASCII and full-width numeric picture clause symbols. The
category of such picture clauses is identified as
num
.
Full-width symbols can be used in Asian locales to specify full-width data.
Symbol
Standard
ASCII
9
Full-width
Is the picture symbol for …
(U+FF19) Output formatting: a single digit, or for the zero digit if the input data is
empty or a space in the corresponding position.
Input parsing: a single digit.
$$
$$
$
$
E
E
s
s
S
S
Z
Z
z
z
8
8
9
(U+FF18) Output formatting: a single digit, or for nothing if the input data has
nothing in the corresponding position.
Input parsing: a single digit or nothing.
(U+FF5A) Output formatting: a single digit, or for nothing if the input data is empty, a
space, or the zero digit in the corresponding position.
Input parsing: a single digit or nothing.
(U+FF3A) Output formatting: a single digit, or for a space if the input data is empty, a
space, or the zero digit in the corresponding position.
Input parsing: a single digit or a space.
(U+FF33) Output formatting: a minus sign if the number is negative, and a space
otherwise.
Input parsing: a minus sign if the number is negative and a plus sign if the
number is positive.
(U+FF53) Output formatting: a minus sign if the number is negative, and nothing
otherwise.
Input parsing, it is also the picture symbol for a plus sign if the number is
positive.
(U+FF25) Output formatting: the exponent part of a floating point number,
consisting of the exponential symbol (E), followed by an optional plus or
minus sign, followed by the exponent value.
Input parsing: Same as for output formatting.
(U+FF04) Currency symbol of the prevailing locale. In cases where the symbol may
be ambiguous, please use the
$$
symbol. For example, the dollar symbol
applies equally to the Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar.
International currency name of the prevailing locale, as described in
[ISO-4217].
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