PICTURE specification:
The size of a group item is equivalent to the total of the sizes of all the subordinate elementary items. The group item class is alphanumeric.
The illustration below describes the PICTURE specification.
Illustration:
PICTURE IS S999V99
Represents a signed data item with a size of 5 characters and the positions of the assumed point is before 2 places from the rightmost end. Note that the S and V are not counted