DATA
Specifies the type of the input data (either ASCII or EBCDIC) and the
basic collating sequence to be used in the particular SORT/XL (or
MERGE/XL) operation. The collating sequence may be altered, if desired,
by using the ALTSEQ command.
DATA [IS] {A[SCII] } [,] SEQ[UENCE] [IS]{A[SCII] }
{E[BCDIC]} {E[BCDIC]}