Credit and debit sign - edit characters for numeric data, COBOL Programming

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CR and DB (Credit and Debit Sign):

The two characters that is CR or DB symbol may appear only at the rightmost place of the picture. They are similar to the minus sign edit character. In another words, the symbols CR or DB will appear in the rightmost place, only if the item is negative, or else they will be replaced by two space characters.

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