Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Language Reference


Index-name

An index-name identifies an index. An index can be regarded as a private special register that the compiler generates for working with a table. You name an index by specifying the INDEXED BY phrase in the OCCURS clause that defines a table.

You can use an index-name in only the following language elements:

An index-name is not the same as the name of an index data item, and an index-name cannot be used like a data-name.


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