Alphanumeric data laid into an alphanumeric-edited PICTURE: characters fill the X, A and 9
positions in order; insertion characters stand where they are written.
A numeric-edited item’s value: the digits in its digit positions, negative when it shows a
minus sign, CR or DB. currency is the currency sign value, as for [numeric].
The characters a numeric-edited item holds for a value. magnitude is already aligned to the
PICTURE’s decimal places and within its digit positions. point is what a decimal point
position shows: a period, or a comma under DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA. currency is the currency
sign value, which the first currency position holds in full.