These data types are described in the Enterprise COBOL for z/OS reference manual.
| 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 |