IBM Extension
IBM Extension

National Items

  1. The PICTURE character-string can contain the symbol(s) N.
  2. The contents of the item must be UCS-2 characters and must not be characters requiring multiple encoding units.
  3. Each N represents a single UCS-2 character.
  4. When PICTURE clause symbol N is used, USAGE NATIONAL must be implicitly or explicitly specified.
  5. Start of changeAssociated VALUE clauses must specify an alphanumeric literal, a non-numeric literal, a national literal, or one of the following figurative constants:
    • SPACE/SPACES
    • ZERO/ZEROS/ZEROES
    • ALL alphanumeric-literal
    • ALL national-literal
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