== Why is this an issue?

Initializing a data item with a value of the wrong type will lead to runtime errors. The rule checks that numeric data items are not initialized with alphanumeric/alphabetic values and that alphanumeric /alphabetic data items are not initialized with numeric values. 


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,cobol]
----
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
         EJECT
       01  TAB-POS.
           02  FILLER  PIC A(14) VALUE 0.  *> Noncompliant
           02  FILLER  PIC 9(14) VALUE 'ASDFJKL;QWERTY'.  *> Noncompliant

       01 MYGROUP PIC 9(1).
          88 X VALUE 1,2.
          88 Y VALUE 3, "BLUE".  *> Noncompliant; BLUE is alphanumeric
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,cobol]
----
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
         EJECT
       01  TAB-POS.
           02  FILLER  PIC A(14)  VALUE 'ASDFJKL;QWERTY'.
           02  FILLER  PIC 9(14)  VALUE 0.

       01 MYGROUP PIC 9(1).
          88 X VALUE 1,2.
          88 Y VALUE 3, 4.
----

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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

(An alphanumeric|A numeric) data item should not be initialized with (a numeric|an alphanumeric) value.


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