Rational Developer for System z
COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Language Reference


PICTURE character-strings

A PICTURE character-string is composed of the currency symbol and certain combinations of characters in the COBOL character set. PICTURE character-strings are delimited only by the separator space, separator comma, separator semicolon, or separator period.

A chart of PICTURE clause symbols appears in PICTURE clause symbol meanings (Table 12).


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