{AFTER}

Command

The AFTER command displays the first character of a designated character string following the data columns in the report.

Syntax

{ AFTER char [columnList] }

char Single character enclosed in quotation marks.

columnList Optional list of one or more column numbers, separated by spaces. If included, AFTER affects only these columns. If you do not specify columnList, all data columns are affected.

Description

This command displays only the first character of a string, even if more are specified. If you do not specify any columns in columnList, char is displayed after all data columns in the report.

Example

The {AFTER "%"} command in the following report displays the percent sign after each data value.

<PAGE (Market, Accounts, Scenario)
Chicago Sales Actual

<COLUMN (Year)
<ICHILDREN  Year

<ROW (Product)

{ AFTER "%" }
<ICHILDREN Audio
     !

This example produces the following report:

                      Chicago Sales Actual 

                Qtr1   Qtr2   Qtr3   Qtr4    Year 
              ======= ====== ====== ====== ======= 

Stereo         2,591% 2,476% 2,567% 3,035% 10,669%
Compact_Disc   3,150% 3,021% 3,032% 3,974% 13,177%
  Audio        5,741% 5,497% 5,599% 7,009% 23,846%

Notes

AFTER turns off the effect of previous AFTER commands.
If no character is entered (for example, ""), the AFTER character string is cleared.

See Also

BEFORE

char	Single character enclosed in quotation marks.
columnList	Optional list of one or more column numbers, separated by spaces. If included, AFTER affects only these columns. If you do not specify columnList, all data columns are affected.