Using EBCDIC characters and double-byte characters

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Examples showing the use of EBCDIC characters and double-byte characters are given in Table 1. For a description of the DBCS notation used in the examples, see Double-byte character set notation.
Table 1. Examples using character set
Characters Usage Example Constituting
Alphanumeric In ordinary symbols 
Label
FIELD#01
Save_Total
EASY_TO_READ
 Terms
  In variable symbols 
EASY_TO_READ
  
Digits
As decimal
self-defining
terms
 
1
9
 Terms
Special
Characters
 
As operators
    
    +
 Addition 
NINE+FIVE
 Expressions
    -
 Subtraction 
NINE-5
 Expressions
    *
 Multiplication 
9*FIVE
 Expressions
    /
 Division 
TEN/3
 Expressions
  + or -
 (Unary) 
+NINE    -FIVE
 Terms¹
  As delimiters    
Spaces Between fields 
LABEL AR 3,4
 Statement
Comma Between operands 
OPND1,OPND2
 Operand field
Apostrophes Enclosing character strings 
'STRING'
 String
  Attribute operator 
L'OPND1
 Term
Parentheses Enclosing subfields or subexpressions 
MOVE MVC TO(80),FROM+(A+B*(C-D))
 Statement expression
SO and SI Enclosing double-byte data 
C'<.A.B.C>abc'
G'<D1D2D3D4>'
Mixed string
Pure DBCS
  As indicators for  
Ampersand Variable symbol 
&VAR
 Term
Period Symbol qualifier 
QUAL.SYMBOL
 Term
  Sequence symbol 
.SEQ
 (label)
  Comment statement in macro definition 
.*THIS IS A COMMENT
 Statement
  Concatenation 
&VAR.A
 Term
  Bit-length specification 
DC CL.7'AB'
 Operand
  Decimal point 
DC F'1.7E4'
 Operand
Asterisk Location counter reference 
*+72
 Expression
  Comment statement 
*THIS IS A COMMENT
 Operand
Equal sign Literal reference 
L 6,=F'2'
 Operand
  Keyword 
&KEY=D
 Keyword parameter
Note:
  1. If these are passed as macro arguments, they are treated as expressions, not terms. Expressions cannot be substituted into SETA expressions.