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Picture Repetition Factors

A picture repetition factor is an integer specifying the number of times the following picture character is to be repeated. The repetition factor is enclosed within parentheses (there can be no blanks within the parentheses). If the value of the repetition is 0, the following picture character is ignored. For example:

pic '(4)9V(2)9'

is the same as

pic '9999V99'
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