The INITIALIZE Statement (DBCS)

General Format

The General Format is extended by the options DBCS,

MF  NATIONAL or NATIONAL-EDITED

as additional alternatives to ALPHABETIC, ALPHANUMERIC, et cetera.

General Rules

  1. Specifying the DBCS,

    MF  NATIONAL or NATIONAL-EDITED option causes

    data items of categories DBCS and DBCS-EDITED to be initialized.