| Picture Control Character |
Allowed Characters for Data Entry |
| A | Alphabetic characters (letters) and spaces only |
| X | Any printable text characters and symbols |
| Z | All character codes (including graphics and non-printable characters) |
| ! | Any printable character; converts lowercase letters to uppercase before printing them in the field |
| U | Digits 0 through 9, (unsigned integers) and spaces |
| 9 | Digits 0 through 9, + , -, and spaces |
| # | Digits 0 through 9, +, - , the system decimal separator, spaces, and an E (exponent indicator for scientific notation). |
| @ | Places decimal separator |
| * | Any printable character; converts uppercase letters to lowercase before printing them in the field |
