Column Title Justification

You can specify whether column titles in a report are left-justified, right-justified, or centered. By default, column titles for alphanumeric fields are left-justified, and column titles for numeric and date fields are right-justified over the displayed column.

Syntax: How to Justify Column Titles

The syntax to alter default justification is:

fieldname [alignment] [/format]

where:

alignment

Specifies the alignment of the column title.

/R specifies that the column title is to be right-justified.

/L specifies that the column title is to be left-justified.

/C specifies that the column title is to be centered.

/format

Is an optional format specification for the field.

Reference: Usage Notes for Justifying Column Titles

You may specify justification for display fields, BY fields, ACROSS fields, column totals, and row totals. For ACROSS fields, data values, not column titles, are justified as specified.
For display commands and row totals only, the justification parameter may be combined with a format specification, which precedes or follows the justification parameter (for example, PRINT CAR/A8/R MODEL/C/A15).
If a title is specified with an AS phrase or in the Master File, that title is justified as specified for the field.
When multiple ACROSS fields are requested, justification is performed on the lowest ACROSS level only. All other justification parameters for ACROSS fields are ignored.

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Example: Justifying Column Titles

The following example illustrates column title justification with a format specification, a BY field specification, and an AS phrase specification:

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT MODEL/A10 STANDARD/A15/R AS 'RJUST,STANDARD' BY CAR/C
WHERE CAR EQ 'JAGUAR' OR 'TOYOTA'
END

The output is:

                                        RJUST
       CAR        MODEL              STANDARD
----------------  -----       ---------------
JAGUAR            V12XKE AUT  POWER STEERING 
                  XJ12L AUTO  RECLINING BUCKE
                              WHITEWALL RADIA
                              WRAP AROUND BUM
                              4 WHEEL DISC BR
TOYOTA            COROLLA 4   BODY SIDE MOLDI
                              MACPHERSON STRU