INITIALIZE statement.

The INITIALIZE statement provides the ability to set selected data items to specified values.

Format.

          INITIALIZE { identifier-1 } ... [ [ WITH ] FILLER ]

                [ { ALL           } [ TO ] VALUE ]
                  { category-name }

                [  [ THEN ] REPLACING
                        { category-name [ DATA ] BY { identifier-2 } } ... ]
                                                    { literal-2    }

                [ [ THEN TO ] DEFAULT ]

  category-name.

        { ALPHABETIC          }
        { ALPHANUMERIC        }
        { ALPHANUMERIC-EDITED }
        { NUMERIC             }
        { NUMERIC-EDITED      }