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Compound Items Compound items are data items that are divided into smaller entities that repeat more than once. They all have the same attributes (size, type, and number of decimal places). Compound items can be thought of as arrays. They, too, are defined in the DEFINE(ITEM) statement, if they are not already defined in the data dictionary. A specific occurrence of a compound item is referenced by an offset into the compound item, not by a data item name. Only the compound item name can be added to the list register or referenced in a LIST= option.