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  Message:      0221
 
  Text:         Data description qualifier inappropriate or repeated
 
  Explanation:  You have used a data description qualifier which is
                incompatible with the associated PICTURE clause.  For
                example, you may have used a BLANK WHEN ZERO clause for a
                PIC XX data item.  This is illegal as the data item is
                alphanumeric but the associated qualifier refers only to
                numeric items.
 
                Alternatively, you have used more than one PICTURE
                clause to define a single data item when each data item
                should have only one PICTURE clause associated with it.
 
 
  Resolution:   Revise the qualifier or the data type to ensure that they
                are compatible.
 
                Delete any extra PICTURE clause to leave only one
                for that data item.
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