items

is displayed at the terminal.  Each object in the list can have an accompanying picture format.  Any of the following can be an object:

System, global, declared, or Data Set (DS) fields

Constant

“literal”

Arithmetic expression

nB (number of blanks) or nS (number of spaces)

n "literal"

If a literal is included, it must be enclosed in matching single or double quotation marks.  If no object is given, just a carriage return-line feed will be produced at the terminal.

format

can be either a literal (representing a picture format) or n (which is the number of a picture format declared with a PICTURE statement in the DECLARE section).  The literal or n must be preceded by an "at sign" (@).

NOCR, NOSKIP

suppresses the automatic carriage return-line feed at the end of the object list so that either additional TYPE statements produce output on the same line or input for a subsequent ACCEPT statement can be entered on the same line.