The minus literal character & (an ampersand) replaces a negative
    sign in a field's value with a literal you supply. If the field's
    value is positive, this character moves a blank to the string
    instead of the literal you supply.

    Do not use this character within an edit string that contains
    another character designating a sign.

    CDO Edit       99&"CR"
    String:
    DTR Edit       99CR
    String:
    Field Value:   -15
    Edited         15CR
    Value:

    Translation of CDO Minus Literal Edit Strings shows how CDO
    translates CDO minus literal edit strings for other languages.
    If CDO characters other than CR or DB appear in a string,
    CDO translates the string as a hyphen (-) for COBOL, DIGITAL
    DATATRIEVE, and PL/I. CDO passes any CDO character to RPG without
    performing a translation.

    Table 6-4 Translation of CDO Minus Literal Edit Strings

    Minus
    Literal                                     RPG
    String     CDO      COBOL    DTR   PL/I     EDIT
    Format     String   PICTURE  EDIT  PICTURE  WORD

    &"string"  CR       CR       CR    CR       CR

               DB       DB       DB    DB       DB

               Any      -        -     -        string
               other
               string