Length must be a numeric literal or an arithmetic expression.
The evaluation of length must result in an integer that is greater than zero, and less than 32 768. If length is not specified, the unique data item created extends from and includes the character identified by leftmost-character-position up to and including the rightmost character of the data item referenced by data-name-1.
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