Row/Column Data Vector Class: _getAlignmentChar

Row/Column Data Vector Class: _getAlignmentChar

Returns the alignment character

Syntax
Details

Syntax

CALL SEND (data-vector-id, '_getAlignmentChar', align-char);

Argument Type Description

align-char
C returns the alignment character

Argument	Type	Description
align-char	C	returns the alignment character

Details

The _getAlignmentChar method is valid only if the viewer is a table editor.

The _getAlignmentChar method can only be used for a Row/Column Data Vector instance being passed to the model's _getColumnInfo or _setColumnInfo method. Its values are not meaningful for row settings.

The alignment character, when specified, is typically a decimal point, '.'. This is typically used to line up numeric values.

The alignment value specified by the _setAlignment method specifies how much space is available in which to align the text from the left of the column. The alignment justification specified by the _setAlignJust method tells how to horizontally justify the text in the width given by the _setAlignment method. The alignment character specified by the _setAlignmentChar method is the character on which you want the data in the column to be aligned. The number of decimals specified by the _setDecimals method is the number of characters allowed to the right of the alignment character specified by the _setAlignmentChar method if the alignment justification specified by the _setAlignJust method is RIGHT. The _setDecimals and the _setAlignment methods should not both be used. Instead, only one of these methods should be called.

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