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:
- USAGE IS INDEX clause
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- Items of class date-time
- External or internal floating-point items
- USAGE IS POINTER clause
- items described with the USAGE IS PROCEDURE-POINTER clause
- DBCS items
- National items
- TYPE clause.
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