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<h1 class="topictitle1">Enter DBCS text in CL commands</h1>
<div><p>You can use double-byte character data anywhere in a CL command
that descriptive text can be used.</p>
<div class="section">Enter double-byte character text as follows:</div>
<ol><li><span>Begin the double-byte character text with an apostrophe (').</span></li>
<li><span>Enter a shift-out character.</span></li>
<li><span>Enter the double-byte character text.</span></li>
<li><span>Enter a shift-in character.</span></li>
<li><span>End the double-byte character text with an apostrophe (').</span></li>
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<div class="section"><p>For example, to enter the double-byte character
literal ABC, enter the following characters, where SO represents the shift-out
character and SI represents the shift-in character:</p>
<pre>'SOABCSI'</pre>
<p>Limit
the length of a double-byte character text description of an object to 14
double-byte characters, plus the shift control characters, to make sure that
the description is properly displayed and printed.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagsdesigndbcsapps.htm" title="Design your application programs for processing double-byte data in the same way you design application programs for processing alphanumeric data.">Develop applications that process DBCS data</a></div>
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