picture clausethe picture clause explains the


Picture Clause:

The picture clause explains the general characteristics of an elementary data item.

These characteristics are elaborated below:

Class:

In COBOL the data item may be one of the 3 classes - numeric, alphabetic or alphanumeric. The numeric items consist only of digits 0 to 9. The Alphabetic items consist only of the letters A to Z (a to z) and the space (blank) character. The alphanumeric may consist of alphabets, digits as well as the special characters. 

 

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