COBOL declarations

Table 11. Elementary data types in COBOL
Data type Representation
MQBYTE
PIC X
MQBYTE8
PIC X(8)
MQBYTE16
PIC X(16)
MQBYTE24
PIC X(24)
MQBYTE32
PIC X(32)
MQBYTE40
PIC X(40)
MQCHAR
PIC X
MQCHAR4
PIC X(4)
MQCHAR8
PIC X(8)
MQCHAR12
PIC X(12)
MQCHAR20
PIC X(20)
MQCHAR28
PIC X(28)
MQCHAR32
PIC X(32)
MQCHAR48
PIC X(48)
MQCHAR64
PIC X(64)
MQCHAR128
PIC X(128)
MQCHAR256
PIC X(256)
MQHCONN
PIC S9(9) BINARY
MQHOBJ
PIC S9(9) BINARY
MQINT64
PIC S9(18) BINARY
MQLONG
PIC S9(9) BINARY
MQPTR
POINTER
MQUINT64
PIC 9(18) BINARY