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Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Language Reference


SAME AREA clause

The SAME AREA clause specifies that two or more files that do not represent sort or merge files are to use the same main storage area during processing.

The files named in a SAME AREA clause need not have the same organization or access.

file-name-3, file-name-4
Must be specified in the file-control paragraph of the same program. file-name-3 and file-name-4 must not reference a file that is defined with the EXTERNAL clause.

More than one SAME AREA clause can be included in a program. However:


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