ILE COBOL Language Reference


Contents

  • About this Reference
  • Who Should Use this Reference
  • Prerequisite and Related Information
  • How to Send Your Comments
  • What's New
  • What's New in V5R4?
  • Changes to this Guide Since V5R2 and V5R3
  • What's New in V5R3?
  • What's New in V5R2?
  • What's New in V5R1?
  • What's New in V4R4?
  • What's New in V4R2?
  • What's New in V3R7?
  • What's New in V3R6/V3R2?
  • What's New in V3R1?
  • ILE COBOL Syntax Notation
  • How to Read the Syntax Diagrams
  • IBM Extensions
  • Documentary Syntax
  • Obsolete Language Elements
  • DBCS Notation
  • Industry Standards
  • An Acknowledgment

  • COBOL Language Structure

  • Characters
  • Character-Strings
  • COBOL Words with DBCS Character
  • COBOL Words
  • Literals
  • PICTURE Character-Strings
  • Comment-Entry Text
  • Separators
  • Rules for Separators
  • Sections and Paragraphs
  • SECTION
  • Entries
  • Clauses
  • Sentences
  • Statements
  • Phrases
  • Reference Format
  • Sequence Number Area (Columns 1 through 6)
  • Indicator Area (Column 7)
  • Area A (Columns 8 through 11)
  • Division Header
  • Section Header
  • Paragraph Header or Paragraph Name
  • Level Indicator (FD and SD) or Level-Number (01 and 77)
  • DECLARATIVES and END DECLARATIVES
  • END PROGRAM Header
  • Area B (Columns 12 through 72)
  • Entries, Sentences, Statements, Clauses
  • Continuation Lines
  • Area A or Area B
  • Comment Lines
  • Debugging Lines
  • Blank Lines
  • Pseudo-Text
  • Compiler-Directing Statements
  • Comment Area (Columns 73 through 80)
  • Data Reference and Name Scoping
  • Methods of Data Reference
  • Identifier
  • Qualification
  • Subscripting
  • Reference Modification
  • Function-Identifier
  • User-Defined Data Types
  • Scope of Names
  • Types of Names
  • Nested Programs
  • Global and Local Names
  • External and Internal Objects
  • Data Attribute Specification
  • Resolution of Names
  • Conventions for Program-Names
  • Transfer of Control
  • Next Executable Statement

  • COBOL Program Structure

  • General Structure
  • END PROGRAM Header

  • Identification Division

  • Identification Division
  • PROGRAM-ID Paragraph
  • program-name
  • literal
  • RECURSIVE Clause
  • COMMON Clause
  • INITIAL Clause
  • Optional Paragraphs
  • comment-entry

  • Environment Division

  • Configuration Section
  • Coding Example
  • SOURCE-COMPUTER Paragraph
  • computer-name
  • WITH DEBUGGING MODE Clause
  • OBJECT-COMPUTER Paragraph
  • SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph
  • Coding Example
  • ALPHABET Clause
  • Coding Examples
  • CLASS Clause
  • CONSOLE Clause
  • CRT STATUS Clause
  • CRT STATUS Clause Considerations
  • CURRENCY SIGN Clause
  • CURSOR Clause
  • CURSOR Clause Considerations
  • DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA Clause
  • FORMAT
  • FORMAT Clause
  • SIZE Phrase
  • LOCALE Phrases
  • LOCALE Phrase
  • LINKAGE TYPE Clause
  • LINKAGE TYPE Clause Considerations
  • LOCALE Clause
  • PROGRAM STATUS Clause
  • Input-Output Section
  • File Categories
  • Database Files
  • Device Files
  • DDM Files
  • Save Files
  • Paragraphs
  • FILE-CONTROL Paragraph
  • FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 1 - Sequential Files
  • FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 2 - Relative Files
  • FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 3 - Indexed Files
  • FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 4 - Sort or Merge Files
  • FILE-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 5 - Transaction Files
  • SELECT Clause
  • ASSIGN Clause
  • Device
  • File Name
  • Attribute
  • RESERVE Clause
  • ORGANIZATION Clause
  • ORGANIZATION IS SEQUENTIAL (Format 1)
  • ORGANIZATION IS RELATIVE (Format 2)
  • ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED (Format 3)
  • ORGANIZATION IS TRANSACTION (Format 4)
  • PADDING CHARACTER Clause
  • RECORD DELIMITER Clause
  • ACCESS MODE Clause
  • ACCESS MODE Clause - Format 1 - Sequential Files
  • ACCESS MODE Clause - Format 2 - Relative Files
  • ACCESS MODE Clause - Format 3 - Indexed Files
  • ACCESS MODE Clause - Format 4 - Transaction Files
  • Data Organization and Access Modes
  • Data Organization
  • Access Modes
  • Relationship Between Data Organizations and Access Modes
  • RECORD KEY Clause
  • DUPLICATES Phrase
  • EXTERNALLY-DESCRIBED-KEY
  • ALTERNATE RECORD KEY
  • Usage Considerations
  • RELATIVE KEY Clause
  • FILE STATUS Clause
  • CONTROL-AREA Clause
  • I-O-CONTROL Paragraph
  • I-O-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 1 - Sequential Files
  • I-O-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 2 - Relative and Indexed Files
  • I-O-CONTROL Paragraph - Format 3 - Sort or Merge Files
  • RERUN Clause
  • SAME AREA Clause
  • SAME RECORD AREA Clause
  • SAME SORT AREA Clause
  • SAME SORT-MERGE AREA Clause
  • MULTIPLE FILE TAPE Clause
  • COMMITMENT CONTROL Clause

  • Data Division

  • Data Division Overview
  • Data Division Structure
  • File Section
  • Working-Storage Section
  • Local-Storage Section
  • Linkage Section
  • ADDRESS OF
  • Types of Data
  • File Data
  • Program Data
  • Data Relationships
  • Levels of Data
  • Classes and Categories of Data
  • Alignment Rules
  • Standard Data Format
  • Character-String and Item Size
  • Signed Data
  • Data Division--File and Sort Description Entries
  • File Description Entry - Format 1 - Sequential File
  • File Description Entry - Format 2 - Diskette File
  • File Description Entry - Format 3 - Tapefile
  • File Description Entry - Format 4 - Printer File
  • Sort Description Entry - Format 5 - Sort or Merge Files
  • File Description Entry - Format 6 - Transaction Files
  • File Section
  • EXTERNAL Clause
  • Considerations for External Files
  • GLOBAL Clause
  • BLOCK CONTAINS Clause
  • RECORD Clause
  • RECORD clause - Format 1
  • RECORD clause - Format 2
  • RECORD clause - Format 3
  • For Tape Files
  • For All Other Files
  • General Considerations for all Formats
  • LABEL RECORDS Clause
  • VALUE OF Clause
  • DATA RECORDS Clause
  • LINAGE Clause
  • Illustration of LINAGE clause phrases
  • LINAGE-COUNTER Special Register
  • CODE-SET Clause
  • Data Division--Data Description Entry
  • Format 1
  • Format 2
  • Format 3
  • Format 4
  • Format 5
  • CONSTANT Clause
  • LIKE Clause
  • OCCURS Clause
  • INDICATOR Clause
  • VALUE Clause
  • Level-Numbers
  • BLANK WHEN ZERO Clause
  • EXTERNAL Clause
  • FORMAT Clause
  • SIZE Phrase
  • USAGE For a Class Date-Time Item
  • FORMAT Clause and PICTURE CLAUSE Similarities
  • GLOBAL Clause
  • Sharing Data
  • JUSTIFIED Clause
  • LIKE Clause
  • Comments Generated Based on Inherited USAGE Characteristics
  • Rules and Restrictions
  • Coding Examples
  • OCCURS Clause
  • Table Handling Concepts
  • Limitations
  • Defining Tables
  • Referencing Table Elements
  • Fixed-Length Tables
  • ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY Phrase
  • ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY Phrase Rules
  • ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY Phrase Coding Example
  • INDEXED BY Phrase
  • Variable-Length Tables
  • Subscripting
  • Restrictions on Subscripting
  • PICTURE Clause
  • LOCALE Phrase
  • Symbols Used in the PICTURE Clause
  • Character-String Representation
  • Data Categories and PICTURE Rules
  • PICTURE Clause Editing
  • REDEFINES Clause
  • Redefinition Process
  • REDEFINES Clause Considerations
  • Coding Examples
  • Undefined Results
  • RENAMES Clause
  • Illustrations of Valid and Invalid RENAMES Clause Specifications
  • SIGN Clause
  • SEPARATE CHARACTER
  • SYNCHRONIZED Clause
  • Benefits of Synchronized Data
  • Specifying the SYNCHRONIZED Clause with the OCCURS Clause
  • Specifying the SYNCHRONIZED Clause with the REDEFINES Clause
  • FILLER Items
  • Example of Implicit FILLER
  • TYPE Clause
  • TYPEDEF Clause
  • USAGE Clause
  • Computational Items
  • BINARY Phrase
  • PACKED-DECIMAL Phrase
  • COMPUTATIONAL or COMP Phrase
  • COMPUTATIONAL-1 or COMP-1 Phrase
  • COMPUTATIONAL-2 or COMP-2 Phrase
  • COMPUTATIONAL-3 or COMP-3 Phrase (Internal Decimal)
  • COMPUTATIONAL-4 or COMP-4 Phrase (Binary)
  • DISPLAY Phrase
  • DISPLAY-1 Phrase
  • INDEX Phrase
  • NATIONAL Phrase
  • POINTER Phrase
  • PROCEDURE-POINTER Phrase
  • VALUE Clause
  • VALUE Clause - Format 1 - Literal Value
  • VALUE Clause - Format 2 - Condition-Name Value
  • VALUE Clause - Format 3 - NULL Value
  • VALUE

  • Procedure Division

  • Procedure Division
  • Format 1 - with Sections and Paragraphs
  • Format 2 - with Paragraphs Only
  • The Procedure Division Header
  • The USING Phrase
  • BY REFERENCE
  • BY VALUE
  • GIVING/RETURNING Phrase
  • Declaratives
  • Procedures
  • Section
  • Paragraph
  • Sample Procedure Division Statements
  • Arithmetic Expressions
  • Exponential Expressions
  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Conditional Expressions
  • Simple Conditions
  • Comparison of Numeric and Nonnumeric Operands
  • Sign Condition
  • Switch-Status Condition
  • Complex Conditions
  • Statement Categories
  • Statement Operations
  • Procedure Division Statements
  • ACCEPT Statement
  • Format 1 - Data Transfer
  • Format 2 - System Information Transfer
  • Format 3 - Feedback
  • Format 4 - Local Data Area
  • Format 5 - Program Initialization Parameters
  • Format 6 - Attribute Data
  • Workstation I/O
  • Format 8 - Session I/O
  • Format 9 - Data Area
  • ACQUIRE Statement
  • ADD Statement
  • ROUNDED Phrase
  • SIZE ERROR Phrases
  • CORRESPONDING Phrase (Format 3)
  • END-ADD Phrase
  • ALTER Statement
  • Coding Example
  • CALL Statement
  • LINKAGE TYPE Phrase
  • IN LIBRARY Phrase
  • USING Phrase
  • BY REFERENCE Phrase
  • BY CONTENT Phrase
  • BY VALUE Phrase
  • LENGTH OF Special Register
  • GIVING/RETURNING phrase
  • ON EXCEPTION Phrase
  • NOT ON EXCEPTION Phrase
  • ON OVERFLOW Phrase
  • END-CALL Phrase
  • CALL Statement Considerations
  • Program Termination Statements
  • OS/400 Graphics Support
  • CANCEL Statement
  • IN LIBRARY Phrase
  • LINKAGE TYPE Phrase
  • CLOSE Statement
  • CLOSE Statement - Format 1
  • CLOSE Statement - Format 2 - Tape Files
  • CLOSE Statement Considerations
  • Special Considerations for Device Type TAPEFILE Only
  • NO REWIND Phrase
  • REEL or UNIT Phrase
  • FOR REMOVAL Phrase
  • COMMIT Statement
  • COMPUTE Statement
  • ROUNDED Phrase
  • SIZE ERROR Phrases
  • END-COMPUTE Phrase
  • CONTINUE Statement
  • DELETE Statement
  • DELETE Statement Considerations
  • Sequential Access Mode
  • Random or Dynamic Access Mode
  • FORMAT Phrase
  • NULL-KEY-MAP IS Phrase
  • INVALID KEY Phrase
  • NOT INVALID KEY Phrase
  • END-DELETE Phrase
  • DISPLAY Statement
  • Format 1 - Data Transfer
  • DISPLAY Statement Behavior
  • Format 2 - Local Data Area
  • Format 3 - Extended DISPLAY Statement
  • Format 4 - Session I/O
  • Format 5 - Data Area
  • DIVIDE Statement
  • ROUNDED Phrase
  • REMAINDER Phrase
  • SIZE ERROR Phrases
  • END-DIVIDE Phrase
  • DROP Statement
  • ENTER Statement
  • EVALUATE Statement
  • Coding Examples
  • Interpreting Selection Subjects and Selection Objects
  • END-EVALUATE Phrase
  • Determining Values
  • Comparing Selection Subjects and Objects
  • Executing the EVALUATE Statement
  • EXIT Statement
  • EXIT PROGRAM Statement
  • AND CONTINUE RUN UNIT Phrase
  • GOBACK Statement
  • GO TO Statement
  • Unconditional GO TO
  • Conditional GO TO
  • Altered GO TO
  • IF Statement
  • END-IF Phrase
  • Transferring Control
  • Nested IF Statements
  • INITIALIZE Statement
  • REPLACING Phrase
  • INITIALIZE Statement Rules
  • INSPECT Statement
  • INSPECT Statement - Format 1
  • INSPECT Statement - Format 2
  • INSPECT Statement - Format 3
  • INSPECT Statement - Format 4
  • INSPECT Statement Considerations
  • Comparison Rules
  • INSPECT Example
  • TALLYING Phrase (Formats 1 and 3)
  • REPLACING Phrase (Formats 2 and 3)
  • BEFORE and AFTER Phrases (All Formats)
  • CONVERTING Phrase (Format 4)
  • INSPECT Statement Examples
  • MERGE Statement
  • ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY Phrase
  • COLLATING SEQUENCE Phrase
  • USING Phrase
  • GIVING Phrase
  • OUTPUT PROCEDURE Phrase
  • SORT-RETURN Special Register
  • MOVE Statement
  • MOVE Statement - Format 1
  • MOVE Statement - Format 2
  • MOVE Statement Rules
  • Elementary Moves
  • Group Moves
  • WHEN-COMPILED Special Register
  • MULTIPLY Statement
  • ROUNDED Phrase
  • SIZE ERROR Phrases
  • END-MULTIPLY Phrase
  • OPEN Statement
  • OPEN Statement - Format 1 - Sequential
  • OPEN Statement - Format 2 - Indexed and Relative
  • OPEN Statement - Format 3 - TRANSACTION
  • OPEN Statement Considerations
  • INPUT Phrase (Sequential Files)
  • OUTPUT Phrase (Sequential Files)
  • I-O Phrase (Sequential Files)
  • NO REWIND Phrase (Sequential Files)
  • REVERSED Phrase (Sequential Files)
  • EXTEND Phrase (Sequential Files)
  • INPUT Phrase (Indexed and Relative Files)
  • OUTPUT Phrase (Indexed and Relative Files)
  • I-O Phrase (Indexed and Relative Files)
  • OPEN Statement Programming Notes
  • PERFORM Statement
  • Basic PERFORM Statement
  • PERFORM with TIMES Phrase
  • PERFORM with UNTIL Phrase
  • PERFORM with VARYING Phrase
  • READ Statement
  • Special Considerations for Device Types DISK and DATABASE
  • Sequential Access Mode
  • Dynamic Access Mode
  • Random Access Mode
  • READ Statement - Format 1 - Sequential Retrieval/Sequential Access
  • READ Statement - Format 2 - Sequential Retrieval/Dynamic Access
  • READ Statement - Format 3 - Random Retrieval
  • Sequential Files
  • Relative Files
  • Indexed Files
  • Multiple Record Processing
  • Multivolume Files
  • Transaction Files
  • RELEASE Statement
  • RETURN Statement
  • AT END Phrases
  • END-RETURN Phrase
  • REWRITE Statement
  • REWRITE Statement - Format 1
  • REWRITE Statement Considerations
  • Transaction (Subfile) Format
  • ROLLBACK Statement
  • SEARCH Statement
  • SEARCH Statement - Format 1 - Serial Search
  • SEARCH Statement - Format 2 - Binary Search
  • AT END/WHEN Phrases
  • Condition-1
  • NEXT SENTENCE Phrase
  • END-SEARCH Phrase
  • Serial Search
  • VARYING Phrase
  • Binary Search
  • WHEN Phrase
  • Search Statement Considerations
  • SEARCH Example
  • SET Statement
  • Format 1 - Initializing Index-names, Identifiers
  • Format 2 - Adjusting Index Values
  • Format 3 - Setting External Switches
  • Format 4 - Condition-names
  • Format 5 - Pointer Data Item
  • Format 6 - Procedure-Pointer Data Item
  • Format 7 - Adjusting Pointers
  • Format 8 - Locale
  • SORT Statement
  • ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY Phrase
  • DUPLICATES Phrase
  • COLLATING SEQUENCE Phrase
  • USING Phrase
  • INPUT PROCEDURE Phrase
  • GIVING Phrase
  • OUTPUT PROCEDURE Phrase
  • START Statement
  • NO LOCK Phrase
  • KEY Phrase
  • FORMAT Phrase
  • NULL-KEY-MAP IS Phrase
  • INVALID KEY Phrase
  • NOT INVALID KEY Phrase
  • END-START Phrase
  • Indexed Files
  • Relative Files
  • STOP Statement
  • RETURN-CODE Special Register
  • STRING Statement
  • DELIMITED BY Phrase
  • INTO Phrase
  • POINTER Phrase
  • ON OVERFLOW Phrases
  • END-STRING Phrase
  • Data Flow
  • STRING Statement Example
  • SUBTRACT Statement
  • ROUNDED Phrase
  • SIZE ERROR Phrases
  • CORRESPONDING Phrase (Format 3)
  • END-SUBTRACT Phrase
  • UNSTRING Statement
  • DELIMITED BY Phrase
  • INTO Phrase
  • POINTER Phrase
  • TALLYING IN Phrase
  • ON OVERFLOW Phrases
  • END-UNSTRING Phrase
  • Data Flow
  • UNSTRING Statement Example
  • WRITE Statement
  • Sequential Files
  • Indexed and Relative Files
  • XML GENERATE Statement
  • Nested XML GENERATE or XML PARSE statements
  • Operation of XML GENERATE
  • XML element name formation
  • XML PARSE Statement
  • Control flow
  • Processing procedures
  • Coded character sets for XML documents
  • Special Registers
  • Intrinsic Functions
  • Function Definition and Evaluation
  • Specifying a Function
  • Types of Functions
  • Rules for Usage
  • Arguments
  • Order of Precedence for the Evaluation of Function Arguments
  • ALL Subscripting
  • Function Definitions
  • ACOS
  • ADD-DURATION
  • Examples
  • ANNUITY
  • ASIN
  • ATAN
  • CHAR
  • CONVERT-DATE-TIME
  • Examples
  • COS
  • CURRENT-DATE
  • DATE-OF-INTEGER
  • DAY-OF-INTEGER
  • DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD
  • Examples
  • DAY-TO-YYYYDDD
  • Examples
  • DISPLAY-OF
  • EXTRACT-DATE-TIME
  • Examples
  • FACTORIAL
  • FIND-DURATION
  • Examples
  • INTEGER
  • INTEGER-OF-DATE
  • INTEGER-OF-DAY
  • INTEGER-PART
  • LENGTH
  • LOCALE-DATE
  • Returned Values
  • LOCALE-TIME
  • Returned Values
  • LOG
  • LOG10
  • LOWER-CASE
  • MAX
  • MEAN
  • MEDIAN
  • MIDRANGE
  • MIN
  • MOD
  • NATIONAL-OF
  • NUMVAL
  • NUMVAL-C
  • ORD
  • ORD-MAX
  • ORD-MIN
  • PRESENT-VALUE
  • RANDOM
  • RANGE
  • REM
  • REVERSE
  • SIN
  • SQRT
  • STANDARD-DEVIATION
  • SUBTRACT-DURATION
  • Examples
  • SUM
  • TAN
  • TEST-DATE-TIME
  • Examples
  • TRIM
  • Returned Values
  • Examples:
  • TRIML
  • TRIMR
  • UPPER-CASE
  • UTF8STRING
  • VARIANCE
  • WHEN-COMPILED
  • YEAR-TO-YYYY
  • Examples

  • Compiler-Directing Statements

  • Compiler-Directing Statements
  • *CONTROL (*CBL) Statement
  • *CONTROL (*CBL) and the COPY Statement
  • COPY Statement
  • COPY Statement - Format 1 - Basic
  • SUPPRESS Phrase
  • REPLACING Phrase
  • Replacement and Comparison Rules
  • Coding Examples
  • COPY Statement - Format 2 - DDS Translate
  • COPY Statement - Format 3 - Basic IFS
  • EJECT Statement
  • REPLACE Statement
  • Replacing Algorithm
  • Programming Notes
  • SKIP1/2/3 Statements
  • TITLE Statement
  • USE Statement
  • USE Statement - Format 1 - EXCEPTION/ERROR
  • USE Statement Programming Notes
  • Precedence Rules for Nested Programs
  • USE FOR DEBUGGING

  • Appendixes

  • Appendix A. ILE COBOL Compiler Limits

  • Appendix B. Intermediate Results and Arithmetic Precision
  • Calculating Precision of Intermediate Results
  • Compiler Calculation of Intermediate Results
  • Integer Functions
  • Mixed Functions
  • Floating-Point Data and Intermediate Results
  • Appendix C. EBCDIC and ASCII Collating Sequences
  • EBCDIC Collating Sequence
  • ASCII Collating Sequence
  • Appendix D. ILE COBOL Function-Name and Context-Sensitive Word List
  • Visual Key
  • Function-Names
  • Context-Sensitive Words
  • Appendix E. ILE COBOL Reserved Word List
  • Visual Key
  • Reserved Words
  • Appendix F. File Structure Support Summary and Status Key Values
  • File Structure Support Tables
  • File Status Key Values and Meanings
  • Attribute Data Formats
  • Appendix G. PROCESS Statement
  • Corresponding Create Command Options.
  • option-1
  • PROCESS Statement Rules
  • OUTPUT / NOOUTPUT
  • GENLVL(nn)
  • GEN / NOGEN
  • NOMAP / MAP
  • NONUMBER / NUMBER / LINENUMBER
  • NOSECLVL / SECLVL
  • NOOPTIONS / OPTIONS
  • QUOTE / APOST
  • NOSEQUENCE / SEQUENCE
  • NOVBSUM / VBSUM
  • NOXREF / XREF
  • PRTCORR / NOPRTCORR
  • NOINZDLT / INZDLT
  • NODDSFILLER / DDSFILLER
  • NOSYNC / SYNC
  • NOCRTF / CRTF
  • NODUPKEYCHK / DUPKEYCHK
  • NOBLK / BLK
  • STDINZ / NOSTDINZ / STDINZHEX00
  • RANGE / NORANGE
  • NOUNREF / UNREF
  • MONOPRC / NOMONOPRC
  • NOVARCHAR / VARCHAR
  • NODATETIME / DATETIME
  • NOCVTPICXGRAPHIC / CVTPICXGRAPHIC
  • NOCVTPICGGRAPHIC / CVTPICGGRAPHIC
  • NOCVTPICNGRAPHIC / CVTPICNGRAPHIC
  • NOOPTIMIZE / BASICOPT / FULLOPT
  • NOFIPS / MINIMUM / INTERMEDIATE / HIGH
  • NOOBSOLETE / OBSOLETE
  • EXTDSPOPT(a b c)
  • FLAG(nn)
  • LINKPGM / LINKPRC
  • SRTSEQ(a)
  • LANGID(a)
  • SOURCE / SRC / NOSOURCE / NOSRC
  • STDTRUNC / NOSTDTRUNC
  • NOCHGPOSSGN / CHGPOSSGN
  • NOFLOAT / FLOAT
  • NODATE / DATE
  • NOTIME / TIME
  • NOTIMESTAMP / TIMESTAMP
  • NOCVTTODATE / CVTTODATE
  • ENBPFRCOL(a)
  • CCSID(a b c)
  • DATTIM(a b)
  • NOGRAPHIC / GRAPHIC
  • ARITHMETIC(a)
  • NOLSPTRALIGN / LSPTRALIGN
  • NOCOMPASBIN / COMPASBIN
  • NOADJFILLER / ADJFILLER
  • PRFDTA(a)
  • LICOPT(a)
  • OPTVALUE(a)
  • NONATIONAL / NATIONAL
  • THREAD(a)
  • NTLPADCHAR(a b c)
  • NOCOMPRESSDBG/COMPRESSDBG
  • NOCRTARKIDX/CRTARKIDX
  • Appendix H. Complex OCCURS DEPENDING ON
  • Effects of a Change in ODO Value
  • Preventing Errors when Changing the ODO Object Value
  • Preventing Overlay When Adding Elements to a Variable Table
  • Appendix I. ACCEPT/DISPLAY and COBOL/2 Considerations

  • Bibliography

  • Index

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