COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

Table 135 Punctuation Characters (continued)
Name of CharacterCharacter
Right parenthesis)
Equal sign=
Table 136 Special Characters
Name of CharacterCharacter
Plus sign+
Hyphen or minus sign-
Asterisk*
Stroke or slash/
Dollar sign$
Greater than sign>
Less than sign<
Character-Strings
COBOL Word
Maximum length: 30 characters.
Literals
• Numeric Literals
Decimal Numeric Literal◦
◦ Hexadecimal Numeric Literal
• Nonnumeric Literals
Simple Nonnumeric Literal◦
◦ Hexadecimal Nonnumeric Literal
• National Literal
• Figurative Constants
Character-Strings 1007