Coding for use of DBCS support

IBM® Enterprise COBOL for z/OS® supports using applications in any of many national languages, including languages that use double-byte character sets (DBCS).

The following list summarizes the support for DBCS:

  • DBCS characters in user-defined words (DBCS names)
  • DBCS characters in comments
  • DBCS data items (defined with PICTURE N, G, or G and B)
  • DBCS literals
  • DBCS compiler option

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