Schema DDL Defining an item
U929-J-Z125-9-76 63
Dokuschablonen 19x24 Version 7.3us für FrameMaker V7.x vom 14.02.2007 © cognitas GmbH 2001-2007 24. Oktober 2007 Stand 09:30.23 Pfad: G:\vogt\fsc\ud s\Manuale\en\udsent_e\uds ent.k04
4.2.6 Defining a national item (UTF-16) Detailed information is provided in the COBOL2000 “Language Reference Ma nual” under
“Character representation by UTF-16”.
[level-number ]item-name PICTURE IS mask-string.
National items can be filled with any characters.
level-number specifies whether the item is part of a repeating group:
If the item is not part of a repeating group, the specified level number must be the smallest
level number in the whole record type.
This is especially important if the item is to be used as a key item.
If the item is part of a repeating group, proceed as described on page 66.
item-name specifies the name assigned by the user.
mask-string may consist of the following symbols:
The first symbol in a mask string must be N. The ma sk string may consist of no more than
30 characters.
integer specifies the number of storage locations the item contains, each storage location
being able to contain one character of the character set.
A national character occupies 2 bytes and is aligned to the byte boundary in data structures
(see the COBOL2000 “Language Reference Manual” under “Character representation by
UTF-16”).
Symbol Designation Explanation
N stands for a storage location containing any
character of the character set.
(integer) Repetition symbol
You can repeat the symbol N by writing it the
desired number of times or by adding a
repetition factor integer after the symbol to
denote the number of times the symbol is to be
repeated.
The default value is 1; the maximum value is
127.
Table 6:Symbols of the mask-string when defining a national item