When a variable-length field is used for its value, its current length is used. For the following example, assume 'result' is a fixed length field with a length of 7.
*.. 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ...+... 6 ...+... 7 ...+... 8
DName+++++++++++ETDsFrom+++To/L+++IDc.Keywords+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
D fld 10A VARYING
* For the following EVAL operation
* Value of 'fld' Length of 'fld' 'result'
* -------------- --------------- -----------
* 'ABC' 3 'ABCxxx '
* 'A' 1 'Axxx '
* '' 0 'xxx '
* 'ABCDEFGHIJ' 10 'ABCDEFG'
CL0N01Factor1+++++++Opcode(E)+Factor2+++++++Result++++++++Len++D+HiLoEq...
C EVAL result = fld + 'xxx'
* For the following MOVE operation, assume 'result'
* has the value '.......' before the MOVE.
* Value of 'fld' Length of 'fld' 'result'
* -------------- --------------- -----------
* 'ABC' 3 '....ABC'
* 'A' 1 '......A'
* '' 0 '.......'
* 'ABCDEFGHIJ' 10 'DEFGHIJ'
C MOVE fld result