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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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