QUOTE

The QUOTE option specifies an alternate symbol that can be used as the quote character.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramQUOTE(' "char ')
Note: Do not code any blanks between the quotation marks.

The IBM-supplied default code point for the QUOTE symbol is '"'.

char
A single SBCS character

You cannot specify any of the alphabetic characters, digits, and special characters defined in the PL/I Language Reference, except for the standard QUOTE symbol (").

You must specify a valid character.

The QUOTE option is ignored if the GRAPHIC option is also specified.