If an application that parses an OUTDES statement encounters a
keyword operand subparameter value delimited by single quotation marks,
the application must do the following:
- If part of the value is two consecutive single quotation marks,
convert the two single quotation marks to one single quotation mark.
Two consecutive single quotation marks indicates a single quotation
mark is to appear in the output. To include a single quotation mark
in the string, specify two consecutive single quotation marks. For
example, to obtain Manager's Report on the TITLE
keyword, specify TITLE('Manager''s Report') on
the OUTDES statement.
- Allow any EBCDIC text characters (X'40' to X'FE')
as part of the value.
If an application that parses an OUTDES statement encounters a
keyword operand subparameter value that is not delimited by single
quotation marks, the application must allow any EBCDIC text characters
(X'40' to X'FE') as part of the value. If the parser
chooses to use any of the characters (X'40' to X'FE')
as special delimiter characters, the parser would not allow these
delimiter characters as part of the value. When an application specifies
a keyword operand that allows quoted strings, it must specify any
EBCDIC text character (X'40' to X'FE') within the
string.