NCHAR

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.-------NCHAR--"integer"-.--------><
   +-/-+ +.----.-NCHAR------------+
          +-NO-+

Parameters:

integer

The level of support required.

1: Compatibility with previous versions of Nihongo Micro Focus products
2: Enhanced PIC N support. This setting enables the DBSPACE directive.

Properties:

Default:	NONCHAR
Phase:	Syntax check
$SET:	Initial

Comments:

Specifying NCHAR with no parameter is the same as specifying NCHAR"2".

This directive is synonymous with, and should be used in preference to, the JAPANESE directive.

The NCHAR and DBCS directives are mutually exclusive.

When a PIC X is moved to a PIC N, with NCHAR"2", a space (x"20") is expanded to one double-byte space, and so x"2020" is expanded to two double-byte spaces. With NCHAR"1", x"2020" is expanded to one double-byte space.