spacesZero

The spacesZero build descriptor option specifies whether the generated program includes extra code to process numeric variables that are filled with spaces. The specific situation concerns variables that have the following characteristics:

The spacesZero build descriptor option has no effect on variables that receive a combination of spaces and other characters.

Values

NO (the default value)
Does not include the extra code necessary to interpret the spaces as zeros. NO is appropriate if you are sure that no NUM or NUMC variables in the program will ever receive spaces. NO is the default because the code is more efficient at run time.
YES
Include extra code to avoid an abend when a NUM or NUMC variable containing spaces is processed in a program or function script. The variable is treated as if the spaces were zeros.

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