If you leave position 35 blank, the entry in positions 36 and 37 (decimal positions) determines the data type of the field .
If you specify the REFSHIFT keyword for a referenced field, the specified value is used. Otherwise, a data type of packed or binary is converted to zoned decimal in the display file. Conversion to or from packed or binary can occur within your program.
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