ILE COBOL Language Reference


BLANK WHEN ZERO Clause

The BLANK WHEN ZERO clause specifies that an item contains nothing but spaces when its value is zero.

BLANK WHEN ZERO Clause - Format
 
>>-BLANK--+------+--ZERO---------------------------------------><
          '-WHEN-'
 
 

The BLANK WHEN ZERO clause may be specified only for elementary numeric or numeric-edited items. These items must be described, either implicitly or explicitly, as USAGE IS DISPLAY. When the BLANK WHEN ZERO clause is specified for a numeric item, the item is considered a numeric-edited item.

The BLANK WHEN ZERO clause must not be specified for level-66 or level-88 items.

The BLANK WHEN ZERO clause must not be specified for an entry containing the PICTURE symbols S or *.

The BLANK WHEN ZERO clause is not allowed with:


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