ILE COBOL Language Reference

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BY VALUE

The BY VALUE phrase applies to all parameters that follow until overridden by another BY VALUE or BY REFERENCE phrase.

You can use the BY VALUE phrase to pass an internal or external floating-point, date, time, or timestamp data item.

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