Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 3.8, Language Reference Manual

Assignment statement

Use the following syntax for the assignment statement.

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                                   '-,BY NAME-'
 
reference
Specifies the target to be given the assignment
expression
Specifies an expression that is evaluated and possibly converted
BY NAME
For structure assignments, the BY NAME option specifies the assignment follows the steps outlined on ***.

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