# INPUT statement **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-Single-Point-of-Development-SPoD\ **Created:** [March 7, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/input-statement/102516 "2013-03-07T09:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arkonara\_Arkonara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Arkonara\_Arkonara](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Arkonara_Arkonara)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/input-statement/102516/1 "2013-03-07T09:33:32Z")
Hello, in first, scuse me because i don’t speack very well english. My problem is : in the INPUT statement (local map), i define my data £HR-CHRONO in (P7) - MAP 1 MEMBRE (A8) 1 £MAP-LOCAL 2 £NM-CHAINE-PTE (A7) 2 £NM-JOB (A8) 2 £DT-CHRONO (P7) 2 REDEFINE £DT-CHRONO 3 £DT-CHRONO-D (D) 2 £HR-CHRONO (P7) 2 £NM-PROG (A8) 2 £NO-FIC-CHAINE (N2,0) 2 £ZN-TY-ENRGT-EDIT (A1) 2 £ZN-FINDESCR (A7) 2 £JOB-NAME (A10) 2 £ERREUR (A60) … in the program, in my local map : INPUT MARK \*MEMBRE / […] 8T ‘HEURE : ’ (DPI) \*IN £MAP-LOCAL.£HR-CHRONO (AD=MILT’\_') // […] but when i run the program, my data £HR-CHRONO is writing in 8 characters O\_0. I don’t understand why he is displayed in 8 characters. can someone help me please? ---
**Author:** ![Arkonara\_Arkonara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Arkonara\_Arkonara](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Arkonara_Arkonara)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/input-statement/102516/2 "2013-03-07T09:52:17Z")
hi, i resolve my problem, just add an edit mask 8T ‘HEURE : ’ (DPI) \*IN £MAP-LOCAL.£HR-CHRONO (AD=MILT’\_’ EM=9(7)) // ---
**Author:** ![Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/35a633/32.png) [@Nikolay\_Kuhta](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Nikolay_Kuhta)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/input-statement/102516/3 "2013-03-07T16:18:09Z")
Bonjour Arkonara, C’est excellent que tu as résolu ton problème; quand à ton “mauvais anglais”, j’aimerais bien te suggérer le “Google translate”: > **[Google Translate](https://translate.google.ca/?hl=en)** > > Google's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. Bonne chance, Nikolay (je travaille à Montréal, alors … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/input-statement/102516/4 "2013-03-07T19:43:53Z")
A quick explanation nevertheless: the mysterious 8th character is the SIGN, which will become obvious when printing a number like -1234567 without an edit mask. ---
**Author:** ![Douglas\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/douglas_kelly/32/102_2.png) [@Douglas\_Kelly](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Douglas_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/input-statement/102516/5 "2013-03-10T08:32:25Z")
You could also try SG=OFF (turns off space for the sign) 8T ‘HEURE : ’ (DPI) \*IN £MAP-LOCAL.£HR-CHRONO (AD=MILT’\_’ SG=OFF) // ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/input-statement/102516/6 "2021-04-02T15:02:58Z")