if (!parse_format_specifier (lexer, &input)
|| !fmt_check_input (&input))
goto error;
+
+ output = fmt_for_output_from_input (&input);
}
else
{
+ char fmt_type_name[FMT_TYPE_LEN_MAX + 1];
+ enum fmt_type fmt_type;
+ int w, d;
+
if (!parse_column_range (lexer, 0, &fc, &lc, NULL))
goto error;
- if (!parse_format_specifier_name (lexer, &input.type))
+
+ /* Accept a format (e.g. F8.2) or just a type name (e.g. DOLLAR). */
+ if (!parse_abstract_format_specifier (lexer, fmt_type_name, &w, &d))
goto error;
+ if (!fmt_from_name (fmt_type_name, &fmt_type))
+ {
+ msg (SE, _("Unknown format type `%s'."), fmt_type_name);
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ /* Compose input format. */
+ input.type = fmt_type;
input.w = lc - fc + 1;
input.d = 0;
if (!fmt_check_input (&input))
goto error;
+
+ /* Compose output format. */
+ if (w != 0)
+ {
+ output.type = fmt_type;
+ output.w = w;
+ output.d = d;
+ if (!fmt_check_output (&output))
+ goto error;
+ }
+ else
+ output = fmt_for_output_from_input (&input);
}
- output = fmt_for_output_from_input (&input);
v = dict_create_var (dict, name, fmt_var_width (&input));
if (v == NULL)