ILE COBOL Language Reference
Special characters
Numerics
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Special characters
- -
- (/) comment line
(3298)
- * (asterisk)
- symbol in PICTURE clause
(3994)
- , (comma)
- $ (currency)
- . (period)
- + (plus)
- / (slash)
Numerics
- 0
- 66, RENAMES data description entry
(4167)
- 77, item description entry
(3703)
- 8-byte binary items, and performance
(4220)
- 88, condition-name data description entry
(3844)
- 9, symbol in PICTURE clause
(4017), (4035), (4056)
A
- A
- ACCEPT/DISPLAY, COBOL/2 considerations
(5723)
- ACCEPT statement
- ACCEPT statement, extended
(4558)
- access mode
- ACCESS MODE clause
- ACOS function
(5431)
- ACQUIRE statement
- actual decimal point
- ADD-DURATION function
(5433)
- ADD statement
- additional notes on field names
(5643)
- additional notes on format names
(5644)
- ADDRESS OF
- ADDRESS OF special register
(3200)
- addresses of items
(3653)
- ADVANCING phrase, in WRITE statement
(5340)
- AFTER phrase
- alias name
(5596)
- aligning data
(4468)
- alignment of pointers
(4265)
- ALL
- ALL literal
- ALL Subscripting
(3319), (3329), (5427)
- ALPHABET clause
- alphabet-name
- alphabetic
- ALL Subscripting
(5428)
- character
- class and category
(3711)
- edited item
- item
- ALPHABETIC class test
(4351)
- ALPHABETIC-LOWER class test
(4353)
- ALPHABETIC-UPPER class test
(4355)
- alphanumeric
- class and category
- edited item
- item
- alphanumeric arguments
(5422)
- ALSO phrase
- ALTER statement
(4587)
- altered GO TO statement
(4796)
- ALTERNATE RECORD KEY clause
(3595)
- AND CONTINUE RUN UNIT phrase
(4776)
- AND logical operator
(4411)
- ANNUITY function
(5436)
- Area A (cols. 8-11)
(3275)
- Area B (cols. 12-72)
(3284)
- arguments
(5421)
- arithmetic expression
- arithmetic operator
- arithmetic operators
(3136)
- arithmetic statements
- ASCENDING KEY phrase
- ASCENDING phrase
- ASCII
- collating sequence
(5696)
- converting to EBCDIC
(5461)
- specifying in SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph
(3454)
- ASIN function
(5438)
- ASSIGN clause
- assigning index values
(5139)
- assignment-name
- asterisk (*)
- at end condition
- AT END-OF-PAGE phrase
(5354)
- AT END phrase
- ATAN function
(5440)
- attribute data
(5717)
- AUTHOR paragraph
- auxiliary storage file
(5711)
- availability of a file
(4977)
- availability of records
(4509)
B
- B
- BEFORE phrase
- bibliography
(5726)
- BINARY
(4215)
- binary arithmetic operators
(4334)
- binary data item, DISPLAY statement
(4696)
- binary data items, and performance
(4219)
- BINARY phrase in USAGE clause
(4208)
- binary search
(5124)
- bit configuration of hexadecimal digits
(4246)
- blank line
(3303)
- BLANK WHEN ZERO clause
- BLOCK CONTAINS clause
- Boolean Data
- Boolean Literal
(3193), (3206)
- boundary violations
(3563)
- BY CONTENT phrase
- BY REFERENCE phrase
- BY VALUE phrase
C
- CALL identifier
(4626)
- CALL procedure-pointer
(4629)
- CALL statement
- called program
- calling program
- CANCEL statement
(4640)
- categories of data, concepts
(3715)
- category of data
- CBL (*CONTROL) and COPY
(5561)
- CBL (*CONTROL) statement
(5556)
- CHAR function
(5442)
- character code set
- CODE-SET clause
(3823)
- specifying in SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph
(3457)
- character set, COBOL definition
(3146)
- character-string
- characters, replaced in alias name
(5600)
- characters, replaced in field name
(5599), (5602)
- characters allowed
- CHARACTERS phrase
- CLASS clause
- class condition
- class-name class test
(4357)
- classes of data
(3708)
- classes of data, concepts
(3716)
- clause
- clearing of files
(4959), (4972)
- CLOSE statement
(4648)
- COBOL
- COBOL/2 considerations, ACCEPT/DISPLAY
(5722)
- COBOL characters
(3150)
- COBOL source program
- COBOL word
(3158)
- CODE-SET clause
- collating sequence
- COLLATING SEQUENCE phrase
- colon
- separator, rules for using
(3256)
- column 7
- asterisk (*) specifies comment
(3291)
- indicator area
(3287)
- slash (/) specifies comment
(3292)
- combined condition
- description
(4419)
- evaluation rules
(4428)
- logical operators and evaluation results
(4427)
- order of evaluation
(4432)
- permissible element sequences
(4424)
- comma (,)
- comment
(3381)
- characters valid in
(3236)
- entry
- line
- comment character-string, definition
(3148)
- COMMIT statement
- COMMITMENT CONTROL clause
- COMMON clause
(3368)
- common considerations
- extended ACCEPT and DISPLAY
(4567)
- common processing facilities
(4497)
- COMP-3 items
- comparison
- compiler-directing statements
- compiler limits for ILE COBOL
(5689)
- compiler output, suppressing
(5559), (5576)
- complex conditions
- complex OCCURS DEPENDING ON (OCO) clause
(3960), (5721)
- composite of operands
(4486)
- compound condition
- COMPUTATIONAL (COMP)
(4225)
- COMPUTATIONAL-1
(4211), (4240), (4274)
- COMPUTATIONAL-1 (COMP-1)
(4227)
- COMPUTATIONAL-2
(4212), (4241), (4275)
- COMPUTATIONAL-2 (COMP-2)
(4228)
- COMPUTATIONAL-3 (COMP-3)
(4230)
- COMPUTATIONAL-4 (COMP-4)
(4237)
- COMPUTE statement
- computer-name
- condition
- condition-name
- conditional expression
- conditional GO TO statement
(4792)
- conditional statements
- conditional variable
- Configuration Section
- CONSOLE IS CRT clause
(3479)
- CONSTANT clause
- context-sensitive words
(5697)
- continuation
- CONTINUE statement
(4660)
- CONTROL (*CBL) and COPY
(5560)
- CONTROL (*CBL) statement
(5557)
- CONTROL AREA clause
(3602)
- control transfer
- conversion of data, DISPLAY statement
(4692)
- conversion specifiers
(3892), (5611), (5616)
- CONVERT-DATE-TIME function
(5444)
- converting data items
- CONVERTING phrase
(4852)
- COPY and *CONTROL (*CBL)
(5562)
- COPY DDS
(5658)
- COPY DDS, use with indicators
(5637)
- COPY libraries, references to
(3315)
- COPY statement
- CORRESPONDING (CORR) phrase
- CORRESPONDING phrase, effects of
(4459)
- COS function
(5447)
- COUNT IN phrase
- COUNT IN phrase, UNSTRING statement
(5318)
- CR (credit)
- CRT STATUS clause
- currency sign
(4034)
- CURRENCY SIGN clause
- currency string
- currency symbol ($)
- CURRENT-DATE function
(5449)
- CURSOR clause
(3493)
D
- data
- data category
- data conversion, DISPLAY statement
(4695)
- data description entry
- Data Division
- data field structures
(5625), (5627)
- data flow
- data item
- data manipulation statements
- data-name
- data organization
- DATA RECORDS clause
- data truncation
- data types
- DATE
(3499), (3867), (4536)
- DATE-COMPILED paragraph
- date fields, COPY DDS
(5653)
- DATE-OF-INTEGER function
(5451)
- date-time data types
- ACCEPT statement
(4526)
- ADD-DURATION function
(5435)
- ADDRESS OF special register
(3657)
- alignment rules
(3733)
- ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY phrase and
(3954)
- BY REFERENCE phrase
(4310)
- BY VALUE phrase
(4311)
- CALL statement
- category, defining
(3717)
- class condition and
(4347)
- comparisons, description
(4390)
- condition names and
(4288)
- conversion specifiers
(3504), (3891), (5613)
- CONVERT-DATE-TIME
(5446)
- COPY DDS
(5614)
- data field structures
(5632)
- DATFMT DDS keyword
(3889)
- DATFMT keyword
(5612), (5656)
- DISPLAY statement
(4697), (4714), (4718), (4728)
- EVALUATE statement
(4767)
- EXTRACT-DATE-TIME
(5465)
- FIND-DURATION
(5470)
- FORMAT clause
(3503), (3872)
- FORMAT OF special register
(3896)
- GIVING/RETURNING phrase
(4312)
- indicator structures
(5635)
- LC_TIME locale category
(5184)
- LENGTH OF special register
(4616)
- LIKE clause and
(3919), (3920)
- LOCALE-DATE
(5483)
- LOCALE phrase
(3509), (3882)
- LOCALE-TIME
(5486)
- MOVE statement
- nonnumeric comparisons
(4378)
- numeric comparisons
(4379)
- OCCURS clause and
(3932)
- PACKED-DECIMAL
(4224)
- PICTURE clause and
(3988)
- PICTURE clause usage
(3879)
- READ statement
(5042)
- REDEFINES clause and
(4157)
- RELEASE statement
(5069)
- RENAMES clause and
(4174)
- SEARCH statement
(5110), (5129), (5134)
- SET statement
(5166)
- size, defining
(3743)
- SIZE phrase
(3506), (3875)
- SORT statement
(5200)
- START statement
(5226)
- SUBTRACT-DURATION
(5534)
- SYNCHRONIZED clause and
(4196)
- TEST-DATE-TIME
(5541)
- TIMFMT DDS keyword
(3890)
- TIMFMT keyword
(5617)
- UPON phrase
(4730)
- usage
(3876)
- VALUE clause and
(4279), (4290)
- WHEN-COMPILED special register
(4932)
- WRITE statement
(5337)
- DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD function
(5455)
- DATE-WRITTEN paragraph
- DATFMT DDS keyword
(3888)
- DATFMT keyword
(5610), (5657)
- DAY
(4538)
- DAY-OF-INTEGER function
(5453)
- DAY-OF-WEEK
(4540)
- DAY-TO-YYYYDDD function
(5457)
- DB (debit)
- DB-FORMAT-NAME special register
(3202), (4510)
- DBCS (Double-Byte Character Set)
- DD name
(5591)
- DDR name
(5592)
- DDS name
(5593)
- DDSR name
(5594)
- de-editing
(4917)
- DEBUG-ITEM special register
(3198)
- debugging line
- DEBUGGING MODE clause
(3393)
- decimal point (.)
(4467)
- DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA clause
- declarative procedures
- DECLARATIVES keyword
(4317)
- Declaratives Section
(4313)
- DELETE statement
- deleted records, initializing files with
(3564)
- DELIMITED BY phrase
- delimited scope statement
(4446)
- delimiter
- DELIMITER IN phrase, UNSTRING statement
(5317)
- DEPENDING phrase
- DESCENDING KEY phrase
- DESCENDING phrase
- descriptors and procedure parameters
- disk device type
(5709)
- DISPLAY-OF function
(5459)
- DISPLAY phrase in USAGE clause
(4239)
- DISPLAY statement
- DISPLAY statement, extended
(4715)
- DIVIDE statement
- division header
- format, Environment Division
(3384)
- format, Identification Division
(3356)
- specification of
(3276)
- DO-UNTIL structure, PERFORM statement
(5005)
- DO-WHILE structure, PERFORM statement
(5006)
- Double-Byte Character Set (DBCS)
- DOWN BY phrase, SET statement
(5154), (5181)
- DROP statement
- DUPLICATES phrase
- dynamic access mode
E
- EBCDIC
- editing
- efficiency
- and 8-byte binary items
(4218)
- and COMP-3 (packed decimal) items
(4234)
- and S in PICTURE clause
(4012)
- eight-byte binary items, and performance
(4221)
- eject page
(3301)
- EJECT statement
(5667)
- elementary item
- alignment rules
(3723)
- basic subdivisions of a record
(3684)
- classes and categories
(3713)
- MOVE statement
(4906)
- nonnumeric operand comparison
(4387)
- size determination in program
(3738)
- size determination in storage
(3739)
- elementary move rules
(4905)
- ELSE NEXT SENTENCE phrase
(4803)
- END DECLARATIVES keyword
(4318)
- END-IF phrase
(4802)
- end-of-file processing
(4646)
- END-OF-PAGE phrase
(5352)
- END-PERFORM phrase
(4989)
- END PROGRAM header
- END-XML phrase
- ENTER statement
(4751)
- entry
- Environment Division
- Configuration Section
- OBJECT-COMPUTER paragraph
(3398)
- SOURCE-COMPUTER paragraph
(3386)
- SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph
(3417)
- Input-Output Section
- punctuation in
(3250)
- environment-name
- EOP phrase
(5353)
- equal sign (=)
(4366)
- EQUAL TO relational operator
(4365)
- error conditions
- ERROR declarative statement
(5679)
- error handling
(5716)
- EVALUATE statement
- evaluation rules
- EXCEPTION declarative statement
(5678)
- EXCEPTION/ERROR declarative
- execution flow
- ALTER statement changes
(4585)
- PERFORM statement changes
(4980)
- EXIT PROGRAM statement
- AND CONTINUE RUN UNIT phrase
(4778)
- format and description
(4777)
- EXIT statement
- explicit
- exponentiation
- exponentiation results
(4333)
- expression, arithmetic
(4331)
- EXTEND phrase
(4966)
- EXTERNAL clause
(3768), (3864)
- external decimal item
- EXTRACT-DATE-TIME function
(5463)
F
- FACTORIAL function
(5466)
- FALSE phrase
(4764)
- FD (File Description) entry
- field names, additional notes
(5645)
- figurative constant
- file
- FILE-CONTROL paragraph
- File Description (FD) entry
- file-name
- file organization
- file position indicator
(4954), (4968)
- file positioning
(4957), (4960), (4963), (4969), (4971)
, (4974)
- File Section
- FILE STATUS clause
- file status key values
(5714)
- FILE-STREAM phrase
- file structure support summary
(5708)
- FILLER phrase
- final arithmetic results
- FIND-DURATION function
(5468)
- FIRST phrase of INSPECT REPLACING
(4847)
- fixed insertion editing
(4122)
- fixed length
- fixed page spacing, LINAGE clause
(3805)
- floating insertion editing
(4135)
- floating-point
- ACCEPT statement and
(4522), (4543), (4548), (4553), (4556)
, (4562)
- ADD statement and
(4577)
- ASCENDING KEY phrase and
(3945)
- ASCENDING phrase and
(4865), (4871)
- BLANK WHEN ZERO clause and
(3863)
- BY CONTENT phrase and
(4605)
- BY REFERENCE phrase
(4309), (4377)
- BY REFERENCE phrase and
(4601)
- BY VALUE phrase and
(4609)
- CLASS clause
(3477)
- comparisons
(4396)
- COMPUTE statement and
(4656)
- COPY statement and
(5649)
- CURRENCY SIGN clause
(3490)
- data items
(3729), (3741)
- DESCENDING phrase and
(4866), (4872)
- DISPLAY statement and
(4698), (4701), (4712), (4720), (4722)
, (4724)
- DIVIDE statement and
(4739), (4744)
- editing rules
(4099)
- EVALUATE statement and
(4765)
- fields
(5648)
- floating-point and
(5582)
- GIVING phrase and
(4472)
- INITIALIZE statement and
(4812)
- INSPECT statement and
(4828)
- INTO phrase and
(5040), (5280)
- key fields
(5651)
- LIKE clause and
(3918)
- MERGE statement and
(4869)
- MOVE statement and
(4909)
- MULTIPLY statement and
(4936)
- nonnumeric comparisons
(4374)
- numeric comparisons
(4373)
- OCCURS clause and
(3931)
- PERFORM statement and
(5011)
- PICTURE clause and
(3986), (4100)
- READ statement and
(5038)
- RECORD KEY clause and
(3592)
- RELEASE statement and
(5065), (5067)
- RENAMES clause and
(4172)
- REPLACING phrase and
(4815)
- RETURN statement and
(5075)
- REWRITE statement and
(5084), (5086)
- rules for
(3232)
- SEARCH statement and
(5108), (5127), (5132)
- SET statement and
(5146), (5148), (5155), (5167), (5171)
- SIGN clause and
(4181)
- sign condition and
(4402)
- SORT statement and
(5198)
- START statement and
(5224)
- STOP statement and
(5253)
- STRING statement and
(5271), (5277)
- SUBTRACT statement and
(5294)
- SYNCHRONIZED clause and
(4194)
- UNSTRING statement and
(5314), (5315)
- USAGE clause and
(4213), (4242)
- VALUE clause and
(4276), (4286)
- VALUE OF clause and
(3795)
- WRITE statement and
(5334), (5361)
- FOOTING phrase of LINAGE clause
(3803)
- format (record) level structures
(5621)
- FORMAT clause
- format literals for locales
(3886)
- format names, additional notes
(5646)
- FORMAT OF special register
(3895)
- FROM phrase
(4519)
- FROM Phrase
(4453)
- function
- function-identifer
- function-names
(5699)
- in the ILE COBOL language
(5702)
G
- G
- GDDM, calling
(4634)
- generation of I-O formats
(5639)
- GIVING phrase
- GLOBAL clause
(3772), (3898)
- GO TO statement
- GOBACK statement
- Graphical Data Display Manager (GDDM), calling
(4635)
- graphics support
(4633)
- GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO relational operator
(4369)
- GREATER THAN symbol (>)
- group item
- group level names
(5624)
- group move rules
(4929)
H
- halting execution
(5249)
- hexadecimal digit bit configurations
(4245)
- hexadecimal national literal
(3211)
- hexadecimal nonnumeric literal
(3216)
- HIGH-VALUE/HIGH-VALUES figurative constant
(3185)
- SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph
(3469)
- hyphen (-), in the indicator area (column 7),
(3288)
- hyphens
- produced when copying alias names
(5598)
I
- I-O-CONTROL paragraph
(3607)
- I O FEEDBACK
(3427), (4545)
- IBM extensions, format description
(3139)
- Identification Division
- description and format
(3354)
- optional paragraphs
- PROGRAM-ID paragraph
(3364)
- identifier
- identifier CALL
(4627)
- IF statement
- ILE COBOL context-sensitive words
(5698)
- ILE COBOL function-names
(5700)
- ILE COBOL reserved words
(5705)
- imperative statement
- implicit
- IN LIBRARY phrase
- in line PERFORM statement
(4983), (4984)
- indentation
(3285), (3706)
- index
- data item
- MOVE statement evaluation
(4903)
- index name
- INDEX phrase in USAGE clause
(4250)
- INDEXED BY phrase, OCCURS clause
(3956)
- indexed files
- indexed organization
- indexing
- indicator area
(3274)
- INDICATOR clause
(3849)
- indicator structures
(5629), (5633)
- INITIAL clause
(3369)
- initial state of program
(3370)
- INITIALIZE statement
(4809)
- input output device
- Input Output Section
- input output statements
- INPUT phrase
- INPUT PROCEDURE phrase
- insertion editing
- fixed (numeric-edited items)
(4132)
- floating (numeric-edited items)
(4134)
- simple
(4105)
- special
- external floating-point items
(4118)
- numeric-edited items
(4117)
- INSPECT statement
- INSTALLATION paragraph
- integer
(3230)
- integer arguments
(5424)
- INTEGER function
(5471)
- INTEGER-OF-DATE function
(5473)
- INTEGER-OF-DAY function
(5475)
- INTEGER-PART function
(5477)
- integer places in an ir, calculation of
(5691)
- INTO identifier phrase of READ statement
(5037)
- INTO phrase
- intrinsic functions
- invalid key condition
- common processing facility
(4500)
- INVALID KEY phrase
- INZDLT, effects of
(3562)
- IO CONTROL paragraph
J
K
- key field
- KEY phrase
- keyword
L
- LABEL RECORDS clause
- language
- LEADING phrase
- left truncation
- LENGTH function
(5479)
- LENGTH OF special register
(4612)
- LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO relational operator
(4370)
- LESS THAN symbol (<)
- level
- level number
- beginning in Area A or Area B
(3690)
- data levels in a record description entry
(3691)
- definition
(3679)
- description
(3852)
- FILLER phrase
(3854)
- must begin in Area A
(3280)
- nonstructured records
- rules for using in data description entry
(3851)
- structured records
- library-name
(5567)
- LIKE clause
- limits, ILE COBOL compiler
(5690)
- LINAGE clause
- LINAGE COUNTER special register
- line advancing
(5339)
- LINE/LINES, WRITE statement
(5338)
- LINES AT BOTTOM phrase
(3809)
- LINES AT TOP phrase
(3808)
- Linkage Section
- LINKAGE TYPE clause
(3510)
- literal
- literals
- Local-Storage Section
- LOCALE-DATE function
(5481)
- LOCALE OF special register
(3883)
- LOCALE phrase
- data description entry context
(3881)
- LOCALE OF special register and
(3884)
- PICTURE clause and
(3984)
- SPECIAL-NAMES context
(3514)
- LOCALE phrase, FORMAT clause
(3508)
- LOCALE-TIME function
(5484)
- locales
- format literals for
(3887)
- FORMAT OF special register
(3894)
- locales, setting with SET statement
(5183)
- locking records
- LOG function
(5487)
- LOG10 function
(5489)
- logical file
(3520)
- logical operator
- logical operators
(3137)
- logical record
- LOW-VALUE/LOW-VALUES figurative constant
(3186)
- SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph
(3470)
- LOWER-CASE function
(5491)
M
- manuals, other
(5728)
- MAX function
(5493)
- MCH1202, and intermediate results
(5692)
- MEAN function
(5495)
- MEDIAN function
(5497)
- MEMORY SIZE clause
(3405)
- MERGE statement
- MIDRANGE function
(5499)
- MIN function
(5501)
- minus sign (-)
- mixed literal
(3219)
- mnemonic-name
- MOD function
(5503)
- MOVE statement
- multiple record processing, READ statement
(5053)
- multiple results, arithmetic statements
(4491)
- MULTIPLY statement
- multivolume files
N
- N
- symbol in PICTURE clause
(4000)
- national
- national characters
- NATIONAL-OF function
(5505)
- native character set
(3459)
- native collating sequence
(3460)
- NATIVE phrase
(3458)
- negated simple condition
- NEGATIVE
(4400)
- negative sign
- nested IF statement
(4807)
- nested IF structure, EVALUATE statement
(4752)
- NEXT SENTENCE phrase
- NLSSORT phrase
(3463)
- NO LOCK phrase
- NO REWIND phrase, OPEN statement
(4950)
- nonnumeric
- nonnumeric literal
- nonnumeric operands, comparing
(4384)
- NOT AT END phrase
- NOT INVALID KEY phrase
- NOT ON EXCEPTION phrase
- NOT ON OVERFLOW phrase
- NOT ON SIZE ERROR phrase
- NULL
- null block branch, CONTINUE statement
(4661)
- null-capable fields
- null-terminated nonnumeric literal
(3224)
- null value
(4292)
- null values
- numerals, in COBOL character set
(3147)
- numerals, numeric literal
(3227)
- numeric
- numeric arguments
(5423)
- numeric operands, comparing
(4382)
- NUMVAL-C function
(5508)
- NUMVAL function
(5506)
O
- OBJECT-COMPUTER paragraph
- description and format
(3400)
- MEMORY SIZE clause
(3406)
- PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause
(3410)
- objects in EVALUATE statement
(4758)
- obsolete elements
(3140)
- OCCURS clause
- OCCURS DEPENDING ON (ODO) clause
- ODO
- OFF phrase, SET statement
(5160)
- ON EXCEPTION phrase
- ON OVERFLOW phrase
- ON phrase, SET statement
(5159)
- ON SIZE ERROR phrase
- OPEN-FEEDBACK
(3428), (4546)
- OPEN statement
- operands
- operation of XML GENERATE statement
(5390)
- operational descriptors
(3512), (3513), (4599)
- operational sign
- optional files
- OPTIONAL phrase
(3541)
- optional word
(3174)
- ORD function
(5510)
- ORD-MAX function
(5512)
- ORD-MIN function
(5514)
- order of entries
- clauses in FILE-CONTROL paragraph
(3527)
- FILE-CONTROL entry
(3525)
- Identification Division
(3355)
- IO CONTROL paragraph
(3606)
- order of evaluation in combined conditions
(4433)
- order of execution
- out-of-line PERFORM statement
(4991)
- OUTPUT phrase
- OUTPUT PROCEDURE phrase
- OVERFLOW phrase
- overlapping operands
P
- P
- packed decimal items
- PACKED-DECIMAL phrase in USAGE clause
(4223)
- PADDING CHARACTER clause
(3549)
- page eject
(3300)
- page size, LINAGE clause specifies
(3804)
- paragraph
- parentheses
- combined conditions, use
(4425)
- in arithmetic expressions
(4337)
- separators, rules for using
(3253)
- PERFORM statement
- performance
- and 8-byte binary items
(4217)
- and buffering of DISPLAY statements
(4570)
- and COMP-3 (packed decimal) items
(4233)
- and S in PICTURE clause
(4011)
- period (.)
- PGR, calling
(4636)
- phrase, definition
(3266)
- physical file
(3519)
- physical record
- physical sequential file
- PICTURE clause
- PIP data area
(4550)
- plus (+)
- pointer alignment
- pointer data item
- POINTER phrase
- pointers
- in conditional expressions
(4372)
- POSITIVE
(4399)
- PRESENT-VALUE function
(5516)
- Presentation Graphics Routines (PGR), calling
(4637)
- procedure
- Procedure Division
- Procedure Division header
(4300)
- procedure-name
- procedure-pointer CALL
(4630)
- procedure-pointer data item
- PROCESS statement
(5718)
- PROCESS statement options
(5719)
- PROCESSING PROCEDURE phrase, in XML PARSE
(5398)
- PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause
- ALPHABET clause
(3447)
- COLLATING SEQUENCE phrase
(3413)
- SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph and
(3411)
- PROGRAM-ID paragraph
- Program Initialization Parameters (PIP) data area
(4551)
- program name
(3365)
- PROGRAM STATUS clause
(3516)
- program switches
- program termination
(4631)
- programming notes
- programming structures
- PRTCORR option
(4460)
- pseudo-text
- publications
(5727)
- punctuation
(3138)
- punctuation character
Q
- qualification
(3310)
- qualifier
(3311)
- quotation mark (") character
- QUOTE/QUOTES figurative constant
(3187)
R
- random access mode
- RANDOM function
(5518)
- range errors and reference modification
(3333)
- RANGE function
(5520)
- READ statement
- receiving field
- receiving item
- record
- record blocking
(4956), (4958), (4970), (4973)
- RECORD clause
- record description entry
- RECORD KEY clause
- record locking
- RECORD phrase, READ statement
(5036)
- RECORDS phrase
- RECURSIVE clause
(3367)
- RECURSIVE Clause
- REDEFINES clause
- redefinition, group level name
(5623)
- redefinition, implicit
(3763)
- redefinition of formats
(5641)
- reference format
(3268)
- reference modification
(3324)
- reference-modifier
- relation character
- relation condition
- relational operator
- relative files
- RELATIVE KEY clause
- relative organization
- RELEASE statement
(5061)
- REM function
(5522)
- REMAINDER phrase of DIVIDE statement
(4742)
- RENAMES clause
- REPLACE Statement
- replacement editing
(4144)
- replacement rules for COPY statement
(5584)
- replacement rules for library-text
(5569)
- REPLACING, in Format 2 COPY
(5662)
- REPLACING phrase
- RERUN clause
- RESERVE clause
- reserved word
- reserved words
(5704)
- intrinsic functions and
(5707)
- result field
- RETURN-CODE special register
(5258)
- intrinsic functions and
(5259)
- return codes
(5713)
- RETURN statement
- reusing records
(5095)
- REVERSE function
(5524)
- REVERSED phrase, OPEN statement
(4964)
- REWRITE statement
- right parenthesis ( ) )
- ROLLBACK statement
- ROUNDED phrase
- Rules for Usage
(5419)
- run unit
S
- S
- SAME RECORD AREA clause
- SAME SORT AREA clause
- SAME SORT-MERGE AREA clause
- SBCS, Character String
(3153)
- scope terminator
- SD
- SEARCH statement
- section
- SECTION
(3261)
- SECURITY paragraph
- SEGMENT-LIMIT clause
(3415)
- segment-number
(3416)
- SELECT clause
- SELECT OPTIONAL clause
- description
(3538)
- specification for sequential I-O files
(3537)
- selection objects in EVALUATE statement
(4759)
- selection subjects in EVALUATE statement
(4757)
- semicolon separator, rules for using
(3247)
- sending field
- sending item
- sentence
- SEPARATE CHARACTER phrase of SIGN clause
(4184)
- separate sign, class condition
(4349)
- separator
- sequence number area (cols. 1-6)
(3272)
- sequential access mode
- sequential files
- sequential organization
- serial search
(5120)
- SET statement
- sharing data
(3902)
- sharing files
(3339)
- SI attribute
(3546)
- SIGN clause
- sign condition
(4398)
- sign condition, floating-point and
(4403)
- sign in PICTURE clause
(4007)
- SIGN IS SEPARATE clause
- signed
- simple condition
- simple insertion editing
(4106)
- SIN function
(5526)
- size-error condition
(4474)
- SIZE ERROR phrase
- skip to next page
(3299)
- SKIP1/2/3 statement
(5671)
- slash (/)
- Sort File Description (SD) entry
- Sort/Merge feature
- Sort/Merge file statement phrases
- SORT-RETURN special register
(4890), (4893)
- SORT statement
- SOURCE-COMPUTER paragraph
- description and format
(3388)
- SOURCE-COMPUTER paragraph
(3387)
- WITH DEBUGGING MODE clause
(3394)
- source program
- library, COPY statement
(5565)
- library, programming notes
(5588)
- standard COBOL reference format
(3271)
- space separator
(3245)
- SPACE/SPACES figurative constant
(3182)
- special insertion editing
(4119)
- SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph
- special register
- SQRT function
(5528)
- STANDARD-1 phrase
(3455)
- STANDARD-2 phrase
(3456)
- standard alignment rules
(3727)
- standard COBOL format
(3269)
- standard data format
(3735)
- STANDARD-DEVIATION function
(5530)
- START statement
- STARTING Phrase
- statement
- status key
- file processing
- common processing facility
(4499)
- EXCEPTION/ERROR procedures check
(5686)
- values
(5715)
- STOP RUN statement
(5255)
- STOP statement
(5248)
- storage
- storage layout of table, example
(3936)
- STRING statement
- structure of the COBOL language
(3142)
- structured programming
- structures
- subjects in EVALUATE statement
(4756)
- subprogram
- subprogram linkage
- subscript
(3973)
- subscripting
- SUBSTITUTE phrase
- substitution field of INSPECT REPLACING
(4843)
- substring
(3323)
- SUBTRACT-DURATION function
(5532)
- SUBTRACT statement
- SUM function
(5535)
- SUPPRESS phrase
(5573)
- suppressing output
(5558), (5575)
- suppression editing
(4145)
- suspension of program
- switch-status condition
(4406)
- symbol
- SYNCHRONIZED clause
- system considerations, subprogram linkage
- system-independent binary items
(4235)
- system information transfer
- system-name
- SYSTEM-SHUTDOWN as function-name
(3434)
T
- table, definition
(3934)
- table handling considerations
(3933)
- table layout, example
(3935)
- table references
- TALLYING phrase
- TAN function
(5537)
- TERMINAL phrase
- description
(5373)
- with WRITE SUBFILE, description
(5380)
- with WRITE SUBFILE, format
(5379)
- termination of execution
(4632)
- terminators, scope
(4447)
- TEST-DATE-TIME function
(5539)
- text-name
(5566), (5664)
- text words
(3149), (3151), (5571)
- THROUGH (THRU) phrase
- TIME
(3500), (3868), (4541)
- time fields
(5654)
- TIMES phrase of PERFORM statement
(4997)
- TIMESTAMP
(3869)
- timestamp fields, COPY DDS
(5655)
- TIMFMT DDS keyword
(3893)
- TIMFMT keyword
(5615)
- TITLE statement
(5674)
- TO
(4454)
- TO phrase, SET statement
(5144)
- TO TRUE phrase, SET statement
(5163)
- transfer of control
- transfer of data
- TRIM function
(5542)
- TRIML function
(5543)
- trimming of generated XML data
(5393)
- TRIMR function
(5544)
- truncation of data
- truth value
- twos complement form
(4244)
- TYPE clause
- TYPEDEF clause
- types of data
U
- unary operator
(4335)
- unconditional GO TO statement
(4788)
- underscores, removed from end of field name
(5601), (5603)
- underscores, translated to hyphens
(5597)
- uniqueness of reference
(3307)
- unsigned numeric item, definition
(4084)
- UNSTRING statement
- UP BY phrase, SET statement
(5153), (5180)
- UPON phrase, DISPLAY
(4704), (4732)
- UPPER-CASE function
(5545)
- UPSI-0 through UPSI-7, program switches
- UPSI-0 through UPSI-7 as function-names
(3431)
- USAGE clause
- USAGE DISPLAY
- class condition identifier
(4343)
- STRING statement and
(5266)
- USAGE IS clause
- USAGE IS POINTER
(4260)
- USE statement
- user-defined word
- User Programmable Status Indicator Switch
(3437)
- USING phrase
(4304)
- using REPLACING in Format 2 COPY
(5661)
- UTF8STRING function
(5547)
V
- V
- VALUE
(4294)
- VALUE clause
- VALUE OF clause
- variable-length fields
(5660)
- variable-length tables
(3962)
- VARIANCE function
(5549)
- VARYING phrase
W
- WHEN-COMPILED function
(5551)
- WHEN-COMPILED special register
(4930)
- WHEN phrase
- WITH DEBUGGING MODE clause
(3395)
- WITH DUPLICATES phrase, SORT statement
(5201)
- WITH FOOTING phrase
(3807)
- WITH NO LOCK phrase
- WITH POINTER phrase
- Working-Storage Section
- WRITE statement
X
- X
- XML-CODE special register
- XML-EVENT special register
(5405)
- XML GENERATE statement
- XML-NTEXT special register
(5407)
- XML PARSE statement
(5397)
- XML-TEXT special register
(5406)
Y
Z
- Z
- zero
- filling, elementary moves
(4907)
- suppression and replacement editing
(4146)
- ZERO in sign condition
(4401)
- ZERO/ZEROS/ZEROES figurative constant
(3181)
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