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An integer enclosed in parentheses immediately following any of the symbols that may occur more than once in a PICTURE character string specifies the number of consecutive occurrences of that symbol. The integer may be specified by a constant name. The number of consecutive occurrences cannot exceed 16 711 568.
PICTURE IS $99999.99CR
PICTURE IS $9(5).9(2)CR
Each time any of the above symbols appears in the character-string, it represents an occurrence of that character or set of allowable characters in the data item.