Elementary moves

Valid operands belong to one of the following categories:

• Alphabetic: includes data items of category alphabetic and the figurative constant SPACE
• Alphanumeric: includes the following items:
  • Data items of category alphanumeric
  • Alphanumeric functions
  • Alphanumeric literals
  • The figurative constant ALL alphanumeric-literal and all other figurative constants (except NULL) when used in a context that requires an alphanumeric sending item
• Alphanumeric-edited: includes data items of category alphanumeric-edited
• Boolean: includes Boolean data items and Boolean literals.
• Date-Time: includes date, time, and timestamp data items of class date-time. Date-time data items are defined as USAGE DISPLAY or PACKED-DECIMAL.
• DBCS: includes data items of category DBCS, DBCS literals, and the figurative constant ALL DBCS-literal.
• External floating-point: includes data items of category external floating point (described with USAGE DISPLAY or USAGE NATIONAL) and floating-point literals.
• Internal floating-point: includes data items of category internal floating-point (defined as USAGE COMP-1 or USAGE COMP-2)
• National: includes the following items:
  • National group items (treated as elementary item of category national)
  • Data items of category national
  • National literals
  • National functions
  • Figurative constants ZERO, SPACE, QUOTE, and ALL national-literal when used in a context that requires a national sending item
• National-edited: includes data items of category national-edited
• Numeric: includes the following items:
  • Data items of category numeric
  • Numeric literals
  • The figurative constant ZERO (when ZERO is moved to a numeric or numeric-edited item).
• Numeric-edited: includes data items of category numeric-edited.