PICTURE Clause Editing

There are two general methods of editing in a PICTURE clause:

The type of editing allowed for an item depends on its data category. The type of editing that is valid for each category is shown below:

Table 1. Valid Editing for Each Data Category
Category Type of Editing
Alphabetic None
IBM Extension

Boolean

End of IBM Extension
None
IBM Extension

DBCS

End of IBM Extension
None
IBM Extension

National

End of IBM Extension
None
IBM Extension

DBCS-edited

End of IBM Extension
Simple insertion
Numeric None
Alphanumeric None
Alphanumeric edited Simple insertion
Numeric edited All
IBM Extension

External floating-point

End of IBM Extension
Special insertion