Ew.d[Ee] (Exponential Editing) On input, E performs the same as F format. On output, E transfers the value of the corresponding I/O list element, rounded to "d" decimal digits and right-justified to an external field "w" characters long. "d" specifies the size of the fraction and "e" specifies the size of the exponent. If the value does not fill the field, leading spaces are inserted; if the value is too large for the field, the entire field is filled with asterisks. The term "w" must be large enough to include all of the following: a minus sign (when necessary) or a plus sign (if SP editing is in effect), a zero, a decimal point, "d" digits, and an exponent. Therefore, to accommodate all possible components of the standard form, the term "w" must be greater than or equal to "d"+7; if "e" is present, "w" must be greater than or equal to "d"+"e"+5. However, "w" can be as small as "d"+5 or "d"+"e"+3 and still allow formatting of the value without error, if optional fields are omitted. In this case, the sign is omitted (if the value is positive and SP editing is not in effect) and the zero to the left of the decimal point is also omitted, if necessary.