14.4.1 Data storage format of a DAT-format file

Statistical information output to a DAT-format file is edited and stored as shown in Table 14-3.

Table 14-3 Data editing format for DAT-format file

Data formatStorage method
Missing valueRepresented as two consecutive double quotation marks ("").
Character dataEnclosed in double quotation marks (").
Numeric dataStored as is.
Overflow data4 consecutive asterisks (*)*.
Uneditable data10 consecutive asterisks (*)*
* When er1 is specified in the -e option, one asterisk (*) is stored.