Numeric shift (N)

To allow numeric entry, you must use uppershift for the data-entry keyboard and lowershift for the typewriter-like keyboard. All characters are valid for entry.

The display length for a numeric shift field is one more than the length coded in positions 30 through 34 when the following conditions occur:

The field is an un-edited, input-capable field.
The value in the decimal positions field is greater than zero.

The extra position in the display length is for the decimal point.

Note: Numeric-shift fields with specified decimal positions (in positions 36 and 37) are processed as numeric-only fields by data management during input, except that editing is not supported.