ZERO/ZEROS/ZEROES

Represents the numeric value zero (0), or one or more occurrences of the nonnumeric character zero (0), depending on context.

When the context cannot be determined, a nonnumeric zero is used.

SPACE/SPACES

Represents one or more blanks or spaces. SPACE is treated as a nonnumeric literal.

HIGH-VALUE/HIGH-VALUES

Represents one or more occurrences of the character that has the highest ordinal position in the collating sequence used. For the EBCDIC collating sequence, the character is X'FF'; for other collating sequences, the actual character used depends on the collating sequence indicated by the locale. For more information on locale, see Appendix F, "Locale Considerations (Workstation Only)" in topic APPENDIX1.6. HIGH-VALUE is treated as a nonnumeric literal.

LOW-VALUE/LOW-VALUES

Represents one or more occurrences of the character that has the lowest ordinal position in the collating sequence used. For the EBCDIC collating sequence, the character is X'00'; for other collating sequences, the actual character used depends on the collating sequence. LOW-VALUE is treated as a nonnumeric literal.

QUOTE/QUOTES

Represents one or more occurrences of:

• X The quotation mark character ("), if the QUOTE compiler option is
  X in effect
  
  X or
• X The apostrophe character ('), if the APOST compiler option is in
  X effect

X QUOTE or QUOTES cannot be used in place of a quotation mark or an
X apostrophe to enclose a nonnumeric literal.

ALL literal

Represents one or more occurrences of the string of characters composing the literal. The literal must be either a nonnumeric literal or a figurative constant other than the ALL literal. When a figurative constant, other than the ALL literal is used, the word ALL is redundant and is used for readability only. The figurative
X constant ALL literal must not be used with the CALL, INSPECT, INVOKE, STOP, or STRING statements.

symbolic-character

Represents one or more of the characters specified as a value of the symbolic-character in the SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS clause of the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph.

X >_Workstation_> Under AIX, OS/2, and Windows, you cannot specify the
X SYMBOLIC CHARACTER clause if a DBCS or EUC code page is indicated by
X the locale setting. For more information on locale, see Appendix F,
X "Locale Considerations (Workstation Only)" in topic APPENDIX1.6.
X <_Workstation_<

X NULL/NULLS

X Represents a value used to indicate that data items defined with USAGE
X IS POINTER, USAGE IS PROCEDURE-POINTER, USAGE IS OBJECT REFERENCE, or
X the ADDRESS OF special register do not contain a valid address. NULL
X can be used only where explicitly allowed in the syntax format. NULL
X has the value of zero.

         MOVE SPACE       TO  DATA-NAME-1
         MOVE SPACES      TO  DATA-NAME-1
         MOVE ALL SPACES  TO  DATA-NAME-1

• When a figurative constant is specified in a VALUE clause or associated with a data item (for example, when it is moved to or compared with another item), the length of the figurative constant character-string is equal to 1 or the number of character positions in the associated data item, whichever is greater.

• When a figurative constant, other than the ALL literal, is not
  X associated with another data item (for example, in a CALL, INVOKE, STOP, STRING, or UNSTRING statement), the length of the character-string is 1 character.

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