DBCS

Makes the Compiler accept characters of the Double-byte Character Set (DBCS) for use in ideographic languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

Syntax:
>>-.---.-.-------DBCS-"integer"-.---------><
   A-/-+ +.----.-DBCS-----------+
          +-NO-+
Parameters:
integer One of:
1 Behavior as in earlier versions of this Compiler.
2 Provides full System Application Architecture (SAA) DBCS support. This directive sets DBSPACE.
3 Includes DBCS support as in IBM COBOL/370. This includes the use of PIC N, PIC G, and DBCS literals specified with "delimiter N".
Properties:
Default: DBCS"3" (Dialect )
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Initial
Dependencies:

Set to DBCS"2" immediately by SAA, VSC2"2", VSC2"3" or MF"7".

Set to DBCS"3" immediately by COBOL370 or MF"integer" where integer > 7.

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