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COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Programming Guide


Using figurative constants

Certain commonly used constants and literals are available as reserved words called figurative constants: ZERO, SPACE, HIGH-VALUE, LOW-VALUE, QUOTE, NULL, and ALL literal. Because they represent fixed values, figurative constants do not require a data definition.

For example:

Move Spaces To Report-Header

related tasks
Using national-character figurative constants
Coding for use of DBCS support

related references
Figurative constants (COBOL for Windows Language Reference)


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