INTO Phrase
- identifier-4
- Represents the data receiving fields. Each must have USAGE DISPLAY. These fields can be defined as:
- Alphabetic
- Alphanumeric
- Numeric (without the symbol P in the PICTURE string).
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Identifier-4 can
be a DBCS or national data-item.
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- Identifier-5 represents the delimiter receiving fields.
Identifier-5 must be alphanumeric. IBM Extension
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Identifier-5
can be a DBCS or national data-item.
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The DELIMITER
IN phrase can be specified only if the DELIMITED BY phrase is specified.
The identifiers must not be defined as alphanumeric-edited or numeric-edited
items. If no delimiter is found in identifier-1, then identifier-5
is space filled.
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- Identifier-6,
an integer data-item defined without the symbol P in the PICTURE string,
is the data-count field for each data transfer. Each field
holds the count of examined characters in the sending field, terminated
by the delimiters or the end of the sending field, for the move to
this receiving field; the delimiters are not included in this count.
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When identifier-1 (the sending
field) is a DBCS or national data item, identifier-6 indicates the
number of characters (not the number of bytes) examined in the sending
field.
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