Rational Developer for System z
PL/I for Windows, Version 8.0, Programming Guide

QUOTE

The QUOTE option specifies an alternate symbol that can be used as the quote character.

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Note:
Do not code any blanks between the quotes.

The IBM-supplied default code point for the QUOTE symbol is '"'.

char
A single SBCS character.

You cannot specify any of the alphabetic characters, digits, and special characters defined in the PL/I Language Reference, except for the standard QUOTE symbol (").

You must specify a valid character.

The QUOTE option is ignored if the GRAPHIC option is also specified.

Rational Developer for System z
PL/I for Windows, Version 8.0, Programming Guide