Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 8551 Location: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Code:
ABC DS CL3
or
ABC DS XL3
Either of these is the equivalent. However, note that COBOL does certain conversions that Assembler will not (for example, if X contains 'ABC' and you move it in COBOL to ABC then ABC contains 123 since the sign zones are forced to match the PICTURE; both Assembler variables would contain 'ABC' since zone changes will not be done).
