ILE COBOL Language Reference


Format 3

Format 3

describes condition-names.

Data Description Entry - General Format 3
 
>>-88--condition-name--+-VALUE--+----+---+---------------------->
                       |        '-IS-'   |
                       '-VALUES--+-----+-'
                                 '-ARE-'
 
   .---------------------------------------.
   V                                       |
>----literal-1--+------------------------+-+--.----------------><
                '-+-THROUGH-+--literal-2-'
                  '-THRU----'
 
 
condition-name
A user-specified name that associates a value, a set of values, or a range of values with a conditional variable.

A conditional variable is a data item that can assume one or more values, that can, in turn, be associated with a condition-name.

Format 3 can be used to describe both elementary and group items. Further information on condition-name entries can be found under Condition-Name Condition.


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