| Array/table input record length for compile time | Maximum length is 100 |
| Character field length | The maximum length for a fixed-length character field is 16773104. The maximum length for a variable-length character field is 16773100. |
| Graphic or UCS-2 field length | The maximum length for a fixed-length graphic or UCS-2 field is 8386552. The maximum length for a variable-length graphic or UCS-2 field is 8386550. |
| Control fields (position 63 and 64 of input specifications) length | Maximum length is 256 |
| Named data structure length | Maximum of 16773104 |
| Unnamed data structure length | Maximum of 16773104 |
| Data structure occurrences (number of) | Maximum of 16773104 per data structure; the maximum total size is 16773104. |
| Levels of nesting for nested data structure subfields | Maximum of 198 for a global data structure and 197 for a data structure defined in a subprocedure. |
| Edit Word | Maximum length of 115 |
| Elements in an array/table (DIM keyword on the definition specifications) | Maximum of 16773104 per array; the maximum total size is 16773104. |
| Levels of nesting in structured groups | Maximum of 100 |
| Levels of nesting in expressions | Maximum of 100 |
| Look-ahead | Can be specified only once for a file. Can be specified only for primary and secondary files. |
| Named Constant or Literal | Maximum length of 16380 characters for a character or hexadecimal literal, 16379 DBCS characters for a graphic literal, 8190 UCS-2 characters for a UCS-2 literal, and 63 digits with 63 decimal positions for a numeric literal. |
| Overflow indicator | Only 1 unique overflow indicator can be specified per printer file. |
| Parameters to programs | Maximum of 255 |
| Parameters to procedures | Maximum of 399 |
| Primary file (P in position 18 of file description specifications) | Maximum of 1 per program |
| Global printer file (defined in the main source section) | Maximum of 8 per program. |
| Printing lines per page | Minimum of 2; maximum of 255 |
| Program status data structure | Only 1 allowed per program. |
| Record address file (R in position 18 of file description specifications) | Only 1 allowed per program. |
| Record length for a file | Maximum length is 99999 1 |
| Structured groups (see levels of nesting) | |
| Storage allocation | Maximum length is 16776704 2 |
| Symbolic names | Maximum length is 4096 |
| Note: 1. Any device record size restraints override this value. 2. The practical maximum is normally much less. | |