NSYMBOL

Defines the default USAGE for PIC N clauses and controls the interpretation of national literals.

Syntax:
>>-.---.--NSYMBOL--"nsymbol-type"---------><
   +-/-+
Parameters:
nsymbol-type The meaning of the N symbol. Possible values are:
DBCS In a PIC N clause with no USAGE clause specified, the USAGE clause is DISPLAY-1, that is, the characters are DBCS characters

An N symbol prefixing a literal identifies a DBCS literal
NATIONAL In a PIC N clause with no USAGE clause specified, the USAGE clause is NATIONAL, that is, the characters are Unicode characters

An N symbol prefixing a literal identifies a Unicode literal
Properties:
Default: NSYMBOL"DBCS"
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Yes
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