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COBOL language types

Table 1 shows the classes and categories of the COBOL language types the COBOL language types are described in the Enterprise COBOL Language reference manual.

Table 1. COBOL Language type classes and categories
Level of item Class Category
Elementary Alphabetic Alphabetic
Numeric Numeric
Internal floating-point
External floating-point
Alphanumeric Numeric-edited
Alphanumeric-edited
Alphanumeric
DBCS
National National
Group Alphanumeric Alphabetic
Numeric
Internal floating-point
External floating-point
Numeric-edited
Alphanumeric-edited
Alphanumeric
DBCS
National

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