Separators

A separator can be a single punctuation character or a string of punctuation characters.

The following is a list of the COBOL separator characters and their meaning.

␢ (space)
Space
,
Comma
.
Period
;
Semicolon
(
Left parenthesis
)
Right parenthesis
"
Quotation mark
==
Pseudo-text delimiter
:
Colon
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