This Natural profile and session parameter defines the character to be used as a delimiter character for INPUT statements in keyword/delimiter mode.

Possible settings	any special character or blank	Input delimiter character. Note If "blank" is specified, no input delimiter character is defined.
Default setting	,	Comma (,). Note If the input delimiter character is to be a comma (,), it must be specified as ID=',' when using the dynamic parameter facility, because the comma character separates individual parameters.
Dynamic specification	yes
Specification within session	yes
Applicable statements	SET GLOBALS
Applicable command	GLOBALS
Application programming interface	USR1005N	See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation.

Notes:

1. The character specified with this parameter must not be the same as the one specified with the DC (decimal character) or IA (input assign character) parameter. In addition, we recommend that this character is not the same as the one specified with the CF (control character for z/OS terminal commands) or HI (help character) parameter.
2. The period (.) should not be used as input delimiter, because this might lead to situations in which a program termination period would be misinterpreted as input delimiter. An asterisk (*) should not be used either.
3. Within a Natural session, the profile parameter ID can be overridden by the session parameter ID.
4. Under Natural Security, the setting of this parameter can be overridden by the Session Parameters option of the Library Profile.