You are designing a COBOL program to process customer names, which may include special characters. Which data type should you use to accommodate these special characters?
- PIC A(n)
- PIC N(n)
- PIC S9(n)
- PIC X(n)
The PIC X(n) data type in COBOL is suitable for processing customer names that may include special characters. It is a generic alphanumeric data type, accommodating a variety of characters without imposing specific constraints on the input.
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