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FORMAT 

FORMAT display-list;

     DISPLAY LIST 
     display-field[,format-parm]...
     [:display-field[,format-parm]...]

     DISPLAY FIELDS 
     item-name[(subscript)][REV BEG]
     "character-string"[REV END]
     $CPU
     $DATELINE
     $PAGE
     $TIME
     $TODAY

     FORMAT PARAMETERS 
     CCTL=number 
     CENTER
     COL=number 
     EDIT="edit-string"
     HEAD="character-string"
     JOIN[=number]
     LEFT
     LINE[=number]
     LNG=number 
     NEED=number 
     NOCRLF
     NOHEAD
     NOSIGN
     PAGE[=number]
     RIGHT
     ROW=number 
     SPACE[=number]
     TITLE
     TRUNCATE
     ZERO[E]S

Example 

     FORMAT CUSTNUM,LINE=2,NOHEAD,COL=10;

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