Problem:

I work in UNICODE ( UTF16 )

My group is defined as :

           01 Z1 .

            02 Z11 PIC N.

            02 FILLER PIC N.

            02 Z12 PIC N.

            02 Z13 PIC N.

            02 Z14 PIC N.

How do I do to initialize Z1 to spaces ( UTF16 )

Resolution:

As INITIALIZE statement does not affect elementary FILLER data item, the FILLER data item has the same value before and after INITIALIZE.

It is possible to use the compiler directive -C REMOVE=FILLER.