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5.2.5.2 Format 2
Format 2 specifies the number of character positions for either fixed-length or variable-length records. Fixed-length records are obtained when all 01 record description entry lengths are the same. The Format 2 RECORD CONTAINS clause is never required, because the minimum and maximum record lengths are determined from the record description entries.

X >_Workstation_> Under AIX, OS/2, and Windows, the Format 2 RECORD clause
X is not supported for line sequential files. <_Workstation_< 



    ___ Format 2 ___________________________________________________________ 
   |                                                                        |
   | >>__RECORD__ __________ __integer-4__TO__integer-5__ ____________ __>< |
   |             |_CONTAINS_|                            |_CHARACTERS_|     |
   |                                                                        |
   |________________________________________________________________________|
integer-4
integer-5
Must be unsigned integers. Integer-4 specifies the size of the smallest data record, and integer-5 specifies the size of the largest data record.

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