Fixed-Length Tables
Fixed-length tables are specified using the OCCURS clause. Because seven subscripts or indexes are allowed, six nested levels and one outermost level of the Format 1 OCCURS clause are allowed. The Format 1 OCCURS clause may be specified as subordinate to the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause. In this way, a table of up to seven dimensions may be specified.
OCCURS Clause - Format 1 - Fixed-Length Tables >>-OCCURS--integer-2--+-------+---------------------------------> '-TIMES-' .------------------------------------------------------. V | >----+--------------------------------------------------+-+-----> | .-------------. | | V | | '-+-ASCENDING--+--+-----+--+----+----data-name-2-+-' '-DESCENDING-' '-KEY-' '-IS-' >--+-----------------------------------+----------------------->< | .--------------. | | V | | '-INDEXED--+----+----index-name-1-+-' '-BY-'
- integer-2
- Specifies the exact number of occurrences, and must be greater than
zero.
In the ILE COBOL language, integer-2 must be between 1 and 16 711 568 bytes.
