- Data Formats
- All Midas frameworks support a basic set of numeric and ASCII formats.
- These formats include simple numeric values and strings.
- These same formats are used in Midas Blue Files.
- Numeric formats are specified using a two-character digraph.
- The first character is the mode.
- The second character is the type.
- Note: Although numeric formats are specified using mode and
then type, they are easier to understand if explained in the reverse order. We will
follow this approach the next few pages.