Message 0212 (↑ Syntax Messages)
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Message: 0212
Text: Illegal data item used with BLANK clause
Explanation: The BLANK WHEN ZERO clause can be used only as part of
the data description entry for data-items which are numeric
(those which contain a 9 in the PICTURE clause) or numeric
edited (ordinary edited data-items with special characters
added to allow the data-items to be presented in a form
which can be easily understood). You have used this clause
with a non-numeric data-item in your source code or with a
numeric data-item that contains a 'P', 'S', or 'V'.
Resolution: Delete this clause or redefine the data item to be
either numeric or numeric edited, or remove the 'P', 'S',
or 'V' characters.
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