Identifying Nonstandard Numeric Data
Standard Numeric Data
Standard numeric data values can contain only
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numbers
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decimal points
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numbers in scientific, or E, notation (23E4)
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minus signs and plus signs.
Some examples of standard
numeric data are 15, -15, 15.4, +.05, 1.54E3, and -1.54E-3.
Nonstandard Numeric Data
Nonstandard numeric data includes
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values that contain special characters, such as percent signs (%), dollar signs ($), and commas (,)
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date and time values
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data in fraction, integer binary, real binary, and hexadecimal forms.
The external file referenced by the fileref Empdata contains the personnel information for the technical writing department of a small computer manufacturer. The fields ...
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