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Placement in the Output Record

Use of keyword substitution causes the replacement text to be placed in the output record at the next available position.

The substitution of keyword values into Data Statements can result in some shifting of the output. If a keyword value is to be located in a specific column of the output record, an exclamation point (!) at one end of the keyword, in place of the bracket, causes the value to be anchored to that position.