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SYMBSTART Details (↑ Choosing Run-time Behavior)
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     For example, with SYMBSTART "1", the COBOL statement:
 
       SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS BEE IS 67
 
     declares a symbolic character BEE representing "B" since,
     counting from 1, "B" is the 67th character in the ASCII collating
     sequence. With SYMBSTART "0", BEE represents "C".
 
     For ANSI conformance use SYMBSTART "1"; for compatibility with
     previous products use SYMBSTART "0".
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