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Enterprise COBOL data types

This topic shows the levels, classes, and categories of data types in Enterprise COBOL for z/OS®.

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

Table 1. Enterprise COBOL 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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