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<h1 class="topictitle1">Length (positions 30 through 34)</h1>
<div><p>Specify the length of the field in these positions. The length
of a field containing bracketed-DBCS data can range from 4 through 32 763
bytes. The length of a DBCS-graphic field can range from 1 through 16 381
characters.</p>
<div class="section"><p>When determining the length of
a DBCS field, consider the following rules:</p>
<ul><li>Each DBCS character is 2 bytes long.</li>
<li>For DBCS-graphic fields, the length of the field is specified in number
of DBCS characters.</li>
<li>Include both shift-control characters in the length of the field for fields
with a data type of J, E, or O. Together, these characters are 2 bytes long.</li>
<li>Fields specified with the J or E data type or keyboard shift must have
an even length.</li>
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<div class="p">For example, a bracketed-DBCS field that contains up to 3 DBCS characters,
1 shift-in character, and 1 shift-out character, has 8 bytes of data: <pre>(3 characters x 2 bytes) + (shift-out + shift-in) = 8</pre>
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<div class="p">A DBCS-graphic field that contains up to 3 DBCS characters has 6 bytes
of data: <pre>(3 characters x 2 bytes) = 6</pre>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="dsppos.htm" title="When you create display files that use DBCS, note DBCS considerations for the length, data type, and decimal positional entries on display files.">Positional entry considerations for display files that use DBCS</a></div>
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