Blank when zero - edit characters for numeric data, COBOL Programming

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BLANK WHEN ZERO:

BLANK WHEN ZERO is an editing clause that may be used along with a picture. This will set the whole data item to blanks of its value is equal to zero. Though, the edit character asterisk (*) may not be used if BLANK WHEN ZERO is specified. When this clause is used to explain a field whose picture holds an asterisk, it is ignored by the compiler. The syntax of this clause is as shown below:

BLANK WHEN ZERO

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