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<h1 class="topictitle1">Special character use</h1>
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<div><p>Special characters can be used only in these special ways or inside
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quoted character strings or comments.</p>
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<p>The special EBCDIC characters are used by the CL in various ways. They
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are most frequently used as delimiters and as symbolic operators in expressions.
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The special characters, as shown in the following table, have assigned meanings
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when coded in control language commands:</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. Delimiters</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" id="d0e29">Name</th>
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<th valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" id="d0e31">Symbol</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Apostrophe</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">' '</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Single apostrophe delimiters indicate the beginning and end of a quoted
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character string (a constant).</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Begin and end comment</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">/* */</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Indicates the beginning and end of a comment.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Blank</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 "> <sup>b</sup> <sup>1</sup> </td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Basic delimiter for separating parts of a command (label, command name,
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and its parameters), and for separating values inside lists.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Colon</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">:</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Ending delimiter for command labels. Separates parts of time values. <sup>3</sup></td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Comma</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">,</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">In many countries, used as decimal point in numeric values. Separates
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parts of date values. <sup>2</sup></td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Left and right parentheses</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">( )</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Grouping delimiter for lists and parameter values, and for evaluating
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the order of expressions.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Period</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">.</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Decimal point. Used to separate the name and extension of a document
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and folder name and to separate the parts of date values. <sup>2</sup></td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Quote</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">" "</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Start of a quoted object name.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Slash</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">/</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Connects parts of qualified names or path names.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="23.389830508474578%" headers="d0e29 ">Slashes</td>
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<td valign="top" width="24.40677966101695%" headers="d0e31 ">//</td>
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<td valign="top" width="52.20338983050847%" headers="d0e33 ">Identifying characters used in positions 1 and 2 of BCHJOB, ENDBCHJOB,
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and DATA commands in the job stream. Also, used as a default delimiter on
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inline data files.</td>
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<tr><td colspan="3" valign="top" headers="d0e29 d0e31 d0e33 "><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <ol><li>Because this character does not resolve in the online version of this
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book, <sup>b</sup> is used to represent a blank space only when the character
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cannot be clearly explained in another manner. </li>
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<li>Valid only when the job date separator value specifies the same character.</li>
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<li>Valid only when the job time separator value specifies the same character.</li>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbam6charsetval.htm" title="This topic explains the usage of the EBCDIC character sets, special characters, and IBM -defined fixed values called predefined values.">CL character sets and values</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbam6charset.htm" title="The control language uses the extended binary-coded decimal interchange code (EBCDIC) character set.">Character sets</a></div>
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<div><a href="rbam6symops.htm" title="A variety of characters can be used as symbolic operators in CL commands.">Symbolic operators</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbam6opsinexp.htm" title="Operators are used in expressions to indicate an action to be performed on the operands in the expression or the relationship between the operands.">Operators in expressions</a></div>
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