5.3.11.3.1 Alphabetic Items
The PICTURE character-string can contain only the symbol A.
The contents of the item in standard data format must consist of any of the letters of the English alphabet and the space character.
Other Clauses: USAGE DISPLAY must be specified or implied.
Any associated VALUE clause must specify a nonnumeric literal containing only alphabetic characters, SPACE, or a symbolic-character as the value of a figurative constant.
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