On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:52:35 -0500, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com > wrote:
>The standard defines "alphabetic" as A-Z (actually, A, B, C, D, etc. to >avoid confusion) and "numeric" as 0-9. > >So, our existing labeling programs that allow blanks in the middle of >labels (very annoying) and characters that aren't the same in all code >pages (@ is one) are permitted under the grandfather clause, but they >aren't compliant. It is interesting to compare the documentation for what is allowed by ICKDSF, CPFMTXA, and the CMS FORMAT command. ICKDSF: "1 to 6 alphanumeric characters" CPFMTXA: "1-character to 6-character name. (The characters need not be alphanumeric.) Embedded blanks are not allowed." CMS FORMAT: "one to six numeric (0-9) or alphabetic (A-Z) characters, or both." and "Note: Special characters, such as ( or (blank) a re valid in a label with FORMAT, but may not be valid in other VM commands." Brian Nielsen
