Alphanumeric Items
- The PICTURE character-string must consist of either of the following:
- The symbol X
- Combinations of the symbols A, X, and 9. (A character-string containing
all As or all 9s does not define an alphanumeric item.)
- The item is treated as if the character-string contained only the symbol
X.
- The contents of the item in standard data format may be any allowable
characters from the EBCDIC character set.
- USAGE DISPLAY must be specified or implied.
- Any associated VALUE clause must specify a nonnumeric literal or a figurative
constant.