Alphanumeric or Alphanumeric-Edited

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  • If the sending item is Boolean, the data is moved as if the sending item were described as an alphanumeric item of length 1.
  • If the sending item is national, it will be converted before it is passed to the receiving field. The conversion is performed based on the data translation rule described in National or national-edited.
  • If the sending item is date-time, the date-time item is treated like an alphanumeric item, and moved to the receiver following the rules for an alphanumeric to alphanumeric move. If the sending date-time item has a USAGE of PACKED-DECIMAL, it is first converted to a USAGE of DISPLAY.
  • If the receiving item is alphanumeric or numeric-edited, and the sending item is a scaled integer (that is, has a P as the rightmost character in its PICTURE character-string), the scaling positions are treated as trailing zeros when the MOVE statement is executed.
  • Start of changeIf the receiving item is numeric and the sending item is alphanumeric literal, national literal, or ALL literal, then all characters of the literal must be numeric characters.End of change
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