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2.3.1.6.6 Database Complex User Defined Symbols

This parameter allows the user to define a symbol and a value
that will be substituted for the symbol by JCLGEN.  This can
be used in a user modification to PROTOLIB to provide user-
defined symbolic elements.  Several USERDEF symbols may be
defined.  The only restriction is that the symbol on each
USERDEF statement must be different from those on all other
symbols and different from all symbols currently used by
JCLGEN.  A list of CA MICS-defined symbols can be found in
MICS.SOURCE(JCLPARM).  Also, the value must end before column
73 of the record.  For example,

   USERDEF DIGITS 0123456789

would define a symbol DIGITS.  Anywhere this symbol appeared
in a PROTOLIB member, JCLGEN would substitute the string
0123456789 in its place.

Note that any user symbols which appear in a PROTOLIB member
for a complex-level job must be defined in
sharedprefix.MICS.PARMS(JCLDEFC).