Diagnosis
You are using a figure of the type 'floating-point number' (typefloat). The system first tries to interpret the entry as a decimalnumber, in order to check the number of decimal places allowed. If thisentry cannot be interpreted as a decimal number, then with key figuresof the internal type float, the system tries to interpret the entry asa floating-point number. This is not possible with "&V1&".

System Response
The entry is not accepted.

Procedure
Enter a decimal number or a valid format for floating-point numbers.The following formats are allowed:

• Decimal number with or without +/- signs, with or without decimal
numbers.

• E, where the mantissa is a decimal number and the
exponent can be entered with or without +/- signs.
Blank characters are allowed before or after the number.