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INITIALIZE Statement

Description
The INITIALIZE statement sets selected categories of data fields to predetermined values; it is functionally equivalent to one or more MOVE statements.
               *-------------*
               V             +
->->-INITIALIZE---identifier-1-*---------------------------------->
 
->-*----------------------------------------------------------*--><-
  +             *-------------------------------------------*+
  +             V                                           ++
  *--REPLACING--*-ALPHABETIC---------**----*BY*-identifier-2**
                *-ALPHANUMERIC-------**DATA*  *-literal-1---*
                *-NUMERIC------------*
                *-ALPHANUMERIC-EDITED*
                *-NUMERIC-EDITED-----*
 


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