The Working-Storage Section describes data records that are not part of
external data files but are developed and processed internally by the program.
Type-names may be defined in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
- record-description-entry
- See File Section for a description. Data entries in the Working-Storage
Section that bear a definite hierarchic relationship to one another must be
grouped into records structured by level number.
- data-item-description-entry
- Independent items in the Working-Storage Section that bear no hierarchic
relationship to one another need not be grouped into records, provided that
they do not need to be further subdivided. Each is defined in a separate data-item
description entry that begins with either the level number 77 or 01. For the
format and the clauses required in a data-item description entry, see Data Division—Data Description Entry.
The initial value of any data item in the Working-Storage Section, except
an index data item, is specified by associating a VALUE clause with the item.
The initial value of any index data item, or of any data item not associated
with a VALUE clause, is undefined.
Note: A maximum of 16 711 568
bytes is permitted for group items (including tables).