FORMAT Keyword (MATRIX-END MATRIX command)

FORMAT specifies a single format descriptor for display of the matrix data.

• All matrix elements are displayed with the same format.
• You can use any printable numeric format (for numeric matrices) or string format (for string matrices) as defined in FORMATS.
• The matrix processor will choose a suitable numeric format if you omit the FORMAT specification, but a string format such as A8 is essential when displaying a matrix containing string data.
• String values exceeding the width of a string format are truncated.
• See Scaling Factor in Displays (MATRIX-END MATRIX command) for default formatting of matrices containing large or small values.