BS 6727:1987
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The latest, up-to-date edition.
Specification for representation of numerical values in character strings for information interchange
Hardcopy , PDF
English
30-04-1987
National foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope and field of application
2. Conformance
3. References
4. Definitions
5. Character set
6. First numerical representation (NR1)
7. Second numerical representation (NR2)
8. Third numerical representation (NR3)
Annexes
A. Method of syntax specification
B. Use of the character COMMA as decimal mark
C. Application to programming languages
Tables
1. Examples of NR1
2. Examples of NR2
3. Examples of NR3
4. Code table
5. Examples of the application of this International
Standard to COBOL PICTURE character strings
6. Examples of the application of this International
Standard to the edit descriptors and sign control
in the programming language FORTRAN
7. Examples of the application of this International
Standard to FORMAT character strings in the
programming language PL/I
8. Examples of the application of this International
Standard to PICTURE character strings in the
programming language PL/I
9. Examples of the application of this International
Standard to field-width parameters in the
programming language PASCAL
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