Trimming of generated JSON data

For more information about the conversion, see Format conversion of elementary data.

For values converted from signed numeric values, the leading space is removed if the value is positive.

For values converted from numeric items, leading zeroes (after any initial minus sign) up to but not including the digit immediately before the actual or implied decimal point are eliminated. Trailing zeroes after a decimal point are retained. For example:

• -012.340 becomes -12.340
• 0000.45 becomes 0.45
• 0013 becomes 13
• 0000 becomes 0

Character values from data items of class alphabetic, alphanumeric, DBCS, and national have either trailing or leading spaces removed, depending on whether the corresponding data items have left (default) or right justification, respectively. That is, trailing spaces are removed from values whose corresponding data items do not specify the JUSTIFIED clause. Leading spaces are removed from values whose data items do specify the JUSTIFIED clause. If a character value consists solely of spaces, one space remains as the value after trimming is finished.