Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Programming Guide


Specifying the collating sequence

You can use the PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause and the ALPHABET clause of the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph to establish the collating sequence that is used in several operations on alphanumeric items.

These clauses specify the collating sequence for the following operations on alphanumeric items:

Example: specifying the collating sequence

The sequence that you use can be based on one of these alphabets:

The PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause does not affect comparisons that involve national or DBCS operands.


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