5.5.3 Fixed-size data format

For an input data file in fixed-size data format, specify the input data in characters or in the format stored in the database. When using a constructor function to generate the data to be stored in an abstract data type, code the input parameter either in character string data or in the data type of the function argument.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Specification format
(2) Rules
(3) Example

(1) Specification format

For details about how to specify input data in characters, see 5.5.1 DAT format. For details about how to specify input data in the format stored in the database, see 5.5.2 Binary format.

(2) Rules

Legend:
[Figure]: Single-byte space (0x20)
[Figure]: Double-byte space

(3) Example

Figure 5-14 shows an example of coding data in the fixed-size data format.

Figure 5-14 Example of data in fixed-size data format

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