Micro Focus RM/COBOL

RM/COBOL Language Reference Manual

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Contents

Preface ...................................................................................................... 1 Organization of Information ...................................................................................................... 1 Conventions and Symbols .......................................................................................................... 2 Related Publications................................................................................................................... 3

Chapter 1: Language Structure ............................................................. 5 Overview .................................................................................................................................... 5 Character Set .............................................................................................................................. 5 Separators .................................................................................................................................. 6 Character-Strings ....................................................................................................................... 7

COBOL Words ................................................................................................................... 7 User-Defined Words .................................................................................................... 8 System-Names ........................................................................................................... 11 Reserved Words ......................................................................................................... 12 Context-Sensitive Words ........................................................................................... 21

Literals .............................................................................................................................. 21 Numeric Literals ........................................................................................................ 21 Nonnumeric Literals .................................................................................................. 21 Figurative Constants .................................................................................................. 22 Concatenation Expressions ........................................................................................ 24

PICTURE Character-Strings ............................................................................................. 24 Comment-Entry ................................................................................................................ 25

Program Structure .................................................................................................................... 25 Source Format ................................................................................................................... 25 Continuation of Lines ....................................................................................................... 27 Blank Lines ....................................................................................................................... 27 Comment Lines ................................................................................................................. 28 In-Line Comments ............................................................................................................ 28 Debugging Lines ............................................................................................................... 28 Pseudo-Text ...................................................................................................................... 29 Statements ......................................................................................................................... 29

Directive Statements .................................................................................................. 29 Conditional Statements .............................................................................................. 29

Conditional Phrases ............................................................................................ 30 Imperative Statements ............................................................................................... 30 Delimited Scope Statements ...................................................................................... 31

Scope of Statements ........................................................................................... 31 Sentences .......................................................................................................................... 31 Clauses and Entries ........................................................................................................... 31 Paragraphs ........................................................................................................................ 32 Sections ............................................................................................................................. 32 Divisions ........................................................................................................................... 32 Source Program General Format ...................................................................................... 32

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Inter-Program Communication ................................................................................................ 33 Nested Source Programs ................................................................................................... 33 File Connector .................................................................................................................. 33 Global Names and Local Names....................................................................................... 34 External Objects and Internal Objects .............................................................................. 34 Common Programs and Initial Programs .......................................................................... 35 Sharing Data in a Run Unit ............................................................................................... 35 Sharing Files in a Run Unit ............................................................................................... 36 Scope of Names ................................................................................................................ 36

Program-Names ......................................................................................................... 37 Condition-Names, Constant-Names, Data-Names, File-Names, Record-Names and Split-Key-Names ....................................................................................................... 37 Index-Names .............................................................................................................. 38

Initial State of a Program ......................................................................................................... 38 End Program Header ................................................................................................................ 39 COPY Statement ...................................................................................................................... 40 REPLACE Statement ............................................................................................................... 44 Compiler Directives ................................................................................................................. 46

IMP Directive ................................................................................................................... 46 IMP MARGIN-R ....................................................................................................... 46

LISTING Directive ........................................................................................................... 47 PAGE Directive ................................................................................................................ 47

Chapter 2: Identification Division ........................................................ 49 Identification Division Structure .............................................................................................. 49 Program Identification ............................................................................................................. 50

PROGRAM-ID Paragraph ................................................................................................ 50 AUTHOR, INSTALLATION, DATE-WRITTEN, SECURITY, and REMARKS Paragraphs ........................................................................................................................ 50 DATE-COMPILED Paragraph ......................................................................................... 51

Chapter 3: Environment Division ........................................................ 53 Environment Division Structure .............................................................................................. 53 Configuration Section .............................................................................................................. 56

SOURCE-COMPUTER Paragraph .................................................................................. 56 OBJECT-COMPUTER Paragraph.................................................................................... 56 SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph .......................................................................................... 57

ALPHABET Clause .................................................................................................. 59 Code Name Alphabets ........................................................................................ 61 Literal Alphabets ................................................................................................ 61 Indexed File Alphabets ....................................................................................... 62 EBCDIC Translation .......................................................................................... 62

CLASS Clause ........................................................................................................... 63 CONSOLE IS CRT Clause ........................................................................................ 63 CRT STATUS Clause ............................................................................................... 63 CURRENCY SIGN Clause ....................................................................................... 64 CURSOR Clause ....................................................................................................... 64 DECIMAL-POINT Clause ........................................................................................ 65 Mnemonic-Name Clause ........................................................................................... 65 NUMERIC SIGN Clause ........................................................................................... 66 SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS Clause ....................................................................... 67

Input-Output Section ................................................................................................................ 68 FILE-CONTROL Paragraph ............................................................................................. 68

File Control Entry ...................................................................................................... 69

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SELECT Clause ................................................................................................. 70 ACCESS MODE Clause .................................................................................... 71 ASSIGN Clause .................................................................................................. 72 CODE-SET Clause ............................................................................................. 73 COLLATING SEQUENCE Clause .................................................................... 74 FILE STATUS Clause ........................................................................................ 74 LOCK MODE Clause......................................................................................... 75 ORGANIZATION Clause .................................................................................. 76

Sequential .................................................................................................... 76 Relative ....................................................................................................... 76 Indexed ........................................................................................................ 76

PADDING CHARACTER Clause ..................................................................... 76 RECORD DELIMITER Clause.......................................................................... 77 RECORD KEY and ALTERNATE RECORD KEY Clauses ............................ 78 RESERVE Clause .............................................................................................. 79

Sort-Merge File Control Entry ................................................................................... 80 SELECT Clause ................................................................................................. 80 ASSIGN Clause .................................................................................................. 80

I-O-CONTROL Paragraph ............................................................................................... 81 RERUN Clause .......................................................................................................... 81 SAME Clause ............................................................................................................ 82 MULTIPLE FILE TAPE Clause ............................................................................... 83

Chapter 4: Data Division ...................................................................... 85 Data Division Structure............................................................................................................ 85 File Section .............................................................................................................................. 87

File Description Entry ....................................................................................................... 87 Sort-Merge File Description Entry ................................................................................... 88

File Description Clauses .......................................................................................................... 89 BLOCK CONTAINS Clause ............................................................................................ 89 CODE-SET Clause ........................................................................................................... 89 DATA RECORDS Clause ................................................................................................ 90 EXTERNAL Clause ......................................................................................................... 90 GLOBAL Clause .............................................................................................................. 90 LABEL RECORDS Clause .............................................................................................. 91 LINAGE Clause................................................................................................................ 91 RECORD Clause .............................................................................................................. 95 VALUE OF Clause ........................................................................................................... 97

Working-Storage Section ......................................................................................................... 97 Linkage Section ....................................................................................................................... 98 Communication Section ......................................................................................................... 100 Screen Section........................................................................................................................ 100 Record Description Entry ...................................................................................................... 101

Level-Numbers ............................................................................................................... 101 Elementary Items ............................................................................................................ 101

77-Level Description Entry .................................................................................................... 102 Data Description Entry .......................................................................................................... 102

Condition-Name Data Description Entry ........................................................................ 105 Constant-Name Data Description Entry ......................................................................... 105 BLANK WHEN ZERO Clause ...................................................................................... 105 Data-Name or FILLER Clause ....................................................................................... 106 EXTERNAL Clause ....................................................................................................... 106 GLOBAL Clause ............................................................................................................ 107 JUSTIFIED Clause ......................................................................................................... 107 Level-Number ................................................................................................................. 108

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OCCURS Clause ............................................................................................................ 108 PICTURE Clause ............................................................................................................ 110

Implied PICTURE Clause ....................................................................................... 111 Nonnumeric Implied PICTURE Clause ........................................................... 111 Numeric Implied PICTURE Clause ................................................................. 112 Implied PICTURE Clause and Other Data Description Clauses ...................... 112

PICTURE Character-Strings (Data Categories) ...................................................... 112 Symbols Used in a PICTURE Character-String ...................................................... 113 Editing Rules ........................................................................................................... 116

Simple Insertion Editing ................................................................................... 117 Special Insertion Editing .................................................................................. 117 Fixed Insertion Editing ..................................................................................... 117 Floating Insertion Editing ................................................................................. 118 Zero Suppression Editing ................................................................................. 119

PICTURE Symbols Precedence .............................................................................. 120 REDEFINES Clause ....................................................................................................... 121 RENAMES Clause ......................................................................................................... 122 SAME AS Clause ........................................................................................................... 123 SIGN Clause ................................................................................................................... 124 SYNCHRONIZED Clause ............................................................................................. 126 USAGE Clause ............................................................................................................... 127

COMPUTATIONAL Usage .................................................................................... 128 COMPUTATIONAL-1 Usage ................................................................................. 129 COMPUTATIONAL-3 or PACKED-DECIMAL Usage ........................................ 129 COMPUTATIONAL-4 or BINARY Usage ............................................................ 129 COMPUTATIONAL-5 Usage ................................................................................. 130 COMPUTATIONAL-6 Usage ................................................................................. 131 DISPLAY Usage ..................................................................................................... 131 INDEX Usage .......................................................................................................... 131 POINTER Usage ..................................................................................................... 132

VALUE Clause ............................................................................................................... 132 Data Item Initialization Rules (Format 1 VALUE Clause) ...................................... 134 Condition-Name Rules (Format 2 VALUE Clause) ................................................ 135 Constant-Name Rules (Format 3 VALUE Clause) .................................................. 135

Communication Description Entry ........................................................................................ 137 Input CD General Rules .................................................................................................. 139 Output CD General Rules ............................................................................................... 142 Input-Output CD General Rules ..................................................................................... 143 Status Key Conditions .................................................................................................... 146 Error Key Values ............................................................................................................ 147

Screen Description Entry ....................................................................................................... 148 AUTO Clause ................................................................................................................. 151 BACKGROUND Clause ................................................................................................ 151 BELL Clause .................................................................................................................. 152 BLANK LINE Clause ..................................................................................................... 152 BLANK REMAINDER Clause ...................................................................................... 153 BLANK SCREEN Clause .............................................................................................. 153 BLANK WHEN ZERO Clause ...................................................................................... 153 BLINK Clause ................................................................................................................ 154 COLUMN Clause ........................................................................................................... 154 ERASE Clause ................................................................................................................ 154 FOREGROUND Clause ................................................................................................. 155 FULL Clause .................................................................................................................. 155 HIGHLIGHT and LOWLIGHT Clauses ........................................................................ 156 JUSTIFIED Clause ......................................................................................................... 156 LINE Clause ................................................................................................................... 156

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PICTURE Clause ............................................................................................................ 158 REQUIRED Clause ........................................................................................................ 158 REVERSE Clause ........................................................................................................... 159 SECURE Clause ............................................................................................................. 159 SIGN Clause ................................................................................................................... 159 UNDERLINE Clause ...................................................................................................... 159 USAGE Clause ............................................................................................................... 160 VALUE Clause ............................................................................................................... 160

Data Structures ....................................................................................................................... 160 Classes of Data ............................................................................................................... 160 Standard Alignment Rules .............................................................................................. 161

Uniqueness of Reference ....................................................................................................... 161 Qualification ................................................................................................................... 162 Subscripting .................................................................................................................... 164 Reference Modification .................................................................................................. 165 Identifier ......................................................................................................................... 166 Condition-Name ............................................................................................................. 166 Index-Name .................................................................................................................... 167

Table Handling ...................................................................................................................... 167 Table Definition .............................................................................................................. 168 References to Table Items ............................................................................................... 169

Chapter 5: Procedure Division .......................................................... 171 Procedure Division Header .................................................................................................... 171 Procedure Division Structure ................................................................................................. 174 Procedures .............................................................................................................................. 175 Execution ............................................................................................................................... 175 Procedure References............................................................................................................. 175 Explicit and Implicit Transfers of Control ............................................................................. 176 Segmentation ......................................................................................................................... 177

Segments ......................................................................................................................... 177 Fixed Portion ........................................................................................................... 177 Independent Segments ............................................................................................. 178

Segmentation Classification ........................................................................................... 178 Segmentation Control ..................................................................................................... 179 Restrictions on Program Flow ........................................................................................ 179

ALTER Statement Restrictions ............................................................................... 179 PERFORM Statement Restrictions .......................................................................... 179 MERGE Statement Restrictions .............................................................................. 179 SORT Statement Restrictions .................................................................................. 179

USE Statement ....................................................................................................................... 180 Common Rules ...................................................................................................................... 182

Subscript Evaluation ....................................................................................................... 182 Arithmetic Statements .................................................................................................... 182

Modes of Operation ................................................................................................. 182 Composite Size ........................................................................................................ 183 ROUNDED Phrase .................................................................................................. 183 Size Error Condition ................................................................................................ 183

Overlapping Operands .................................................................................................... 184 Incompatible Data ........................................................................................................... 185

Arithmetic Expressions .......................................................................................................... 185 Arithmetic Operators ...................................................................................................... 186 Formation and Evaluation Rules ..................................................................................... 186

Conditional Expressions ........................................................................................................ 187 Simple Conditions .......................................................................................................... 187

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Relation Condition ................................................................................................... 187 Comparison of Numeric Operands ................................................................... 189 Comparison of Nonnumeric Operands ............................................................. 189 Comparisons of Index-Names and Index Data Items ....................................... 190 Comparison of Pointer Data Items ................................................................... 190 LIKE Condition (Special Case of Relation Condition) .................................... 190

Class Condition ....................................................................................................... 198 Sign Condition ......................................................................................................... 200 Condition-Name Condition (Conditional Variable) ................................................ 200 Switch-Status Condition .......................................................................................... 200

Complex Conditions ....................................................................................................... 201 Negated Conditions ................................................................................................. 201 Combined Conditions .............................................................................................. 201 Abbreviated Combined Relation Conditions ........................................................... 202

Condition Evaluation Rules ............................................................................................ 202 Sequential Organization Input-Output ................................................................................... 203

Function .......................................................................................................................... 203 Organization ................................................................................................................... 203 Access Mode ................................................................................................................... 203 File Position Indicator ..................................................................................................... 203 I-O Status ........................................................................................................................ 203 At End Condition ............................................................................................................ 206

Relative Organization Input-Output ....................................................................................... 207 Function .......................................................................................................................... 207 Organization ................................................................................................................... 208 Access Modes ................................................................................................................. 208 File Position Indicator ..................................................................................................... 208 I-O Status ........................................................................................................................ 208 Invalid Key Condition .................................................................................................... 211 At End Condition ............................................................................................................ 212

Indexed Organization Input-Output ....................................................................................... 213 Function .......................................................................................................................... 214 Organization ................................................................................................................... 214 Access Modes ................................................................................................................. 214 File Position Indicator ..................................................................................................... 214 I-O Status ........................................................................................................................ 215 Invalid Key Condition .................................................................................................... 218 At End Condition ............................................................................................................ 219

File Locking ........................................................................................................................... 220 Record Locking ...................................................................................................................... 221

Record Locking Modes ................................................................................................... 222 Automatic Record Locking Modes .......................................................................... 222 Manual Record Locking Modes .............................................................................. 223 Single Record Locking Modes ................................................................................ 223 Multiple Record Locking Modes ............................................................................. 224

Interactive Terminal I-O ........................................................................................................ 224 Sort-Merge ............................................................................................................................. 225 Communication Facility ......................................................................................................... 225

Message Control System ................................................................................................ 225 Object Program ............................................................................................................... 226 Relationship of the Object Program to the Message Control System and Communication Devices ........................................................................................................................... 226 Invoking the Object Program .......................................................................................... 226 Scheduled Initiation of the Object Program .................................................................... 227 Invocation of the Object Program by the Message Control System ............................... 227 Determining the Method of Scheduling .......................................................................... 227

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Concept of Messages and Message Segments ................................................................ 228 Concept of Queues .......................................................................................................... 228 Independent Enqueueing and Dequeueing ...................................................................... 228 Enabling and Disabling Queues ...................................................................................... 229 Queue Hierarchy ............................................................................................................. 229

Chapter 6: Procedure Division Statements ...................................... 231 ACCEPT . . . FROM Statement ............................................................................................. 231 ACCEPT Statement (Terminal I-O) ...................................................................................... 234

AUTO Phrase.................................................................................................................. 237 BEEP or NO BEEP Phrase ............................................................................................. 237 BLINK Phrase ................................................................................................................ 238 CONTROL Phrase .......................................................................................................... 238 CONVERT Phrase .......................................................................................................... 239 CURSOR Phrase ............................................................................................................. 240 ECHO Phrase .................................................................................................................. 241 ERASE Phrase ................................................................................................................ 241 ON EXCEPTION and NOT ON EXCEPTION Phrases ................................................. 241 HIGH, LOW and OFF Phrases ....................................................................................... 242 LINE and POSITION Phrases ........................................................................................ 243

Determining Line and Position ................................................................................ 244 MODE IS BLOCK Phrase .............................................................................................. 244 PROMPT Phrase ............................................................................................................. 244 REVERSE Phrase ........................................................................................................... 245 SIZE Phrase .................................................................................................................... 245 TAB Phrase ..................................................................................................................... 246 TIME Phrase ................................................................................................................... 246 UNIT Phrase ................................................................................................................... 247 UPDATE Phrase ............................................................................................................. 247

ACCEPT MESSAGE COUNT Statement ............................................................................. 248 ACCEPT Screen-Name Statement ......................................................................................... 249 ADD Statement ...................................................................................................................... 252

CORRESPONDING Phrase ........................................................................................... 253 ALTER Statement .................................................................................................................. 254 CALL Statement .................................................................................................................... 255

USING Phrase ................................................................................................................ 258 GIVING Phrase .............................................................................................................. 259 OVERFLOW, EXCEPTION, and NOT EXCEPTION Phrases ..................................... 260

CALL PROGRAM Statement ............................................................................................... 261 CANCEL Statement............................................................................................................... 262 CLOSE Statement .................................................................................................................. 264

REEL and UNIT Phrases ................................................................................................ 264 NO REWIND Phrase ...................................................................................................... 265 REMOVAL Phrase ......................................................................................................... 265 LOCK Phrase .................................................................................................................. 265

COMPUTE Statement ........................................................................................................... 266 CONTINUE Statement .......................................................................................................... 267 DELETE Statement (Relative and Indexed I-O).................................................................... 267 DELETE FILE Statement ...................................................................................................... 269 DISABLE Statement .............................................................................................................. 270

INPUT Phrase ................................................................................................................. 271 I-O TERMINAL Phrase.................................................................................................. 271 OUTPUT Phrase ............................................................................................................. 271 TERMINAL Phrase ........................................................................................................ 271 WITH KEY Phrase ......................................................................................................... 272

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DISPLAY . . . UPON Statement ............................................................................................ 272 DISPLAY Statement (Terminal I-O) ..................................................................................... 274

BEEP Phrase ................................................................................................................... 275 BLINK Phrase ................................................................................................................ 276 CONTROL Phrase .......................................................................................................... 276 CONVERT Phrase .......................................................................................................... 276 ERASE Phrase ................................................................................................................ 277 HIGH and LOW Phrases ................................................................................................ 277 LINE and POSITION Phrases ........................................................................................ 278

Determining Line and Position ................................................................................ 278 MODE IS BLOCK Phrase .............................................................................................. 279 REVERSE Phrase ........................................................................................................... 279 SIZE Phrase .................................................................................................................... 279 UNIT Phrase ................................................................................................................... 280

DISPLAY Screen-Name Statement ....................................................................................... 280 DIVIDE Statement ................................................................................................................. 282

REMAINDER Phrase ..................................................................................................... 284 ENABLE Statement ............................................................................................................... 285

INPUT Phrase ................................................................................................................. 285 I-O TERMINAL Phrase.................................................................................................. 286 OUTPUT Phrase ............................................................................................................. 286 TERMINAL Phrase ........................................................................................................ 286 WITH KEY Phrase ......................................................................................................... 286

ENTER Statement .................................................................................................................. 287 EVALUATE Statement ......................................................................................................... 288

General Rules for the EVALUATE Statement ............................................................... 289 EXIT Statement ..................................................................................................................... 291 GOBACK Statement .............................................................................................................. 293 GO TO Statement .................................................................................................................. 294

DEPENDING ON Phrase ............................................................................................... 294 IF Statement ........................................................................................................................... 295 INITIALIZE Statement .......................................................................................................... 297

General Rules for the INITIALIZE Statement ............................................................... 297 INSPECT Statement .............................................................................................................. 300

General Rules for the INSPECT Statement .................................................................... 301 MERGE Statement ................................................................................................................ 307

General Rules for the MERGE Statement ...................................................................... 308 MOVE Statement ................................................................................................................... 311

CORRESPONDING Phrase ........................................................................................... 314 MULTIPLY Statement .......................................................................................................... 315 OPEN Statement .................................................................................................................... 316

INPUT Phrase ................................................................................................................. 319 OUTPUT Phrase ............................................................................................................. 319 I-O Phrase ....................................................................................................................... 319 EXTEND Phrase ............................................................................................................. 320 NO REWIND Phrase ...................................................................................................... 320

PERFORM Statement ............................................................................................................ 321 PURGE Statement ................................................................................................................. 332 READ Statement .................................................................................................................... 333

KEY Phrase .................................................................................................................... 336 LOCK Phrase .................................................................................................................. 337 INTO Phrase ................................................................................................................... 338 INVALID KEY and NOT INVALID KEY Phrases ....................................................... 338

RECEIVE Statement .............................................................................................................. 339 NO DATA and WITH DATA Phrases ........................................................................... 340 MESSAGE Phrase .......................................................................................................... 340

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SEGMENT Phrase .......................................................................................................... 341 RELEASE Statement ............................................................................................................. 342

FROM Phrase ................................................................................................................. 342 RETURN Statement............................................................................................................... 343 REWRITE Statement ............................................................................................................. 344

FROM Phrase ................................................................................................................. 346 SEARCH Statement ............................................................................................................... 347

General Rules for the SEARCH Statement..................................................................... 348 SEND Statement .................................................................................................................... 352

General Rules for the SEND Statement .......................................................................... 353 ADVANCING Phrase .................................................................................................... 354

SET Statement ....................................................................................................................... 356 General Rules for the SET Statement ............................................................................. 357

SORT Statement .................................................................................................................... 360 General Rules for the SORT Statement .......................................................................... 361

START Statement (Relative and Indexed I-O) ...................................................................... 365 SIZE Phrase .................................................................................................................... 368 WHILE Phrase ................................................................................................................ 368 INVALID KEY and NOT INVALID KEY Phrases ....................................................... 370

STOP Statement ..................................................................................................................... 371 STRING Statement ................................................................................................................ 372

DELIMITED Phrase ....................................................................................................... 373 POINTER Phrase ............................................................................................................ 374 OVERFLOW and NOT OVERFLOW Phrases .............................................................. 374

SUBTRACT Statement .......................................................................................................... 375 CORRESPONDING Phrase ........................................................................................... 376

UNLOCK Statement .............................................................................................................. 377 UNSTRING Statement .......................................................................................................... 378 USE Statement ....................................................................................................................... 380 WRITE Statement .................................................................................................................. 381

FROM Phrase ................................................................................................................. 383 ADVANCING Phrase .................................................................................................... 383 END-OF-PAGE and NOT END-OF-PAGE Phrases ...................................................... 384 INVALID KEY and NOT INVALID KEY Phrases ....................................................... 385

Appendix A: Reserved Words ........................................................... 387 Reserved Words ..................................................................................................................... 387 Context-Sensitive Words ....................................................................................................... 393 Special Symbols ..................................................................................................................... 395 Nonreserved System-Names .................................................................................................. 395

Appendix B: Compiler Messages ...................................................... 399 Compiler Messages ................................................................................................................ 399 Compiler Messages 001—100 ............................................................................................... 400 Compiler Messages 101—200 ............................................................................................... 411 Compiler Messages 201—300 ............................................................................................... 423 Compiler Messages 301—400 ............................................................................................... 433 Compiler Messages 401—500 ............................................................................................... 444 Compiler Messages 501—600 ............................................................................................... 455 Compiler Messages 601—700 ............................................................................................... 459 Compiler Messages 701—800 ............................................................................................... 466 Compiler Messages 801—900 ............................................................................................... 479

Glossary ............................................................................................... 481

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Terms and Definitions............................................................................................................ 481 66-Level-Description-Entry.............................................................................. 481 77-Level-Description-Entry.............................................................................. 481 78-Level-Description-Entry.............................................................................. 481 88-Level-Description-Entry.............................................................................. 481 Abbreviated Combined Relation Condition ..................................................... 481 Access Mode .................................................................................................... 482 Actual Argument .............................................................................................. 482 Actual Decimal Point ....................................................................................... 482 Alphabetic Character ........................................................................................ 482 Alphabet-Name ................................................................................................ 482 Alphanumeric Character ................................................................................... 482 Alternate Record Key ....................................................................................... 482 ANSI ................................................................................................................. 482 Area A .............................................................................................................. 482 Area B .............................................................................................................. 483 Arithmetic Expression ...................................................................................... 483 Arithmetic Operation ........................................................................................ 483 Arithmetic Operator.......................................................................................... 483 Arithmetic Statement ........................................................................................ 483 Ascending Key ................................................................................................. 483 Assumed Decimal Point ................................................................................... 483 At End Condition .............................................................................................. 484 Automatic Multiple .......................................................................................... 484 Automatic Record Locking Modes ................................................................... 484 Automatic Single .............................................................................................. 484 Based Linkage Record ...................................................................................... 484 Binary Allocation Override .............................................................................. 484 Binary Sequential ............................................................................................. 485 Block ................................................................................................................ 485 Bottom Margin ................................................................................................. 485 Called Program ................................................................................................. 485 Calling Program ............................................................................................... 485 Cd-Name .......................................................................................................... 485 Channel-Name .................................................................................................. 485 Character .......................................................................................................... 485 Character Position ............................................................................................ 485 Character-String ............................................................................................... 485 Class Condition ................................................................................................ 486 Class-Name ...................................................................................................... 486 Clause ............................................................................................................... 486 COBOL Character Set ...................................................................................... 486 COBOL Word .................................................................................................. 487 Code-Name ....................................................................................................... 487 Codepage .......................................................................................................... 487 Collating Sequence ........................................................................................... 487 Column ............................................................................................................. 487 Combined Condition ........................................................................................ 487 Comment Line .................................................................................................. 487 Comment Entry ................................................................................................ 487 Common Program ............................................................................................ 488 Communication Description Entry ................................................................... 488 Communication Device .................................................................................... 488 Communication Section ................................................................................... 488 Compile Time ................................................................................................... 488 Compiler Directing Statement .......................................................................... 488

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Compiler Directive ........................................................................................... 488 Complex Condition .......................................................................................... 488 Composite of Operands .................................................................................... 488 Computer-Name ............................................................................................... 489 Concatenation Expression ................................................................................ 489 Condition .......................................................................................................... 489 Conditional Expression .................................................................................... 489 Conditional Phrase ........................................................................................... 489 Conditional Statement ...................................................................................... 489 Conditional Variable ........................................................................................ 489 Condition-Name ............................................................................................... 489 Condition-Name Condition .............................................................................. 490 Configuration Section ....................................................................................... 490 Constant-Expression ......................................................................................... 490 Constant-Name ................................................................................................. 490 Context-Sensitive Word ................................................................................... 490 Contiguous Items .............................................................................................. 490 Counter ............................................................................................................. 490 Currency Sign ................................................................................................... 491 Currency Symbol .............................................................................................. 491 Current Record ................................................................................................. 491 Current Volume Pointer ................................................................................... 491 Data Clause....................................................................................................... 491 Data Description Entry ..................................................................................... 491 Data Item .......................................................................................................... 491 Data-Name........................................................................................................ 491 Debugging Line ................................................................................................ 491 Declarative Sentence ........................................................................................ 491 Declaratives ...................................................................................................... 492 De-Edit ............................................................................................................. 492 Delimited Scope Statement .............................................................................. 492 Delimiter ........................................................................................................... 492 Descending Key ............................................................................................... 492 Destination........................................................................................................ 492 Device Name .................................................................................................... 492 Digit Position .................................................................................................... 492 Directive ........................................................................................................... 492 Division ............................................................................................................ 493 Division Header ................................................................................................ 493 Dynamic Access ............................................................................................... 493 Editing Character .............................................................................................. 493 EGI ................................................................................................................... 493 Elementary Item ............................................................................................... 493 EMI................................................................................................................... 494 End of Group Indicator (EGI) .......................................................................... 494 End of Message Indicator (EMI) ...................................................................... 494 End of Procedure Division ............................................................................... 494 End of Segment Indicator (ESI) ....................................................................... 494 End Program Header ........................................................................................ 494 Entry ................................................................................................................. 494 Environment Clause ......................................................................................... 494 ESI .................................................................................................................... 494 Exclusive File ................................................................................................... 494 Exclusive Mode ................................................................................................ 495 Execution Time ................................................................................................ 495 Explicit Scope Terminator ................................................................................ 495

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Expression ........................................................................................................ 495 Extend Mode .................................................................................................... 495 External Attribute ............................................................................................. 495 External Data .................................................................................................... 495 External Data Item ............................................................................................ 495 External Data Record ....................................................................................... 495 External File Connector .................................................................................... 495 External Switch ................................................................................................ 496 Feature-Name ................................................................................................... 496 Figurative Constant .......................................................................................... 496 File .................................................................................................................... 496 File Access Name ............................................................................................. 496 File Attribute Conflict Condition ..................................................................... 496 File Clause ........................................................................................................ 496 File Connector .................................................................................................. 496 File Control Entry ............................................................................................. 496 File Description Entry ...................................................................................... 496 File Organization .............................................................................................. 497 File Position Indicator ...................................................................................... 497 File Section ....................................................................................................... 497 FILE-CONTROL ............................................................................................. 497 File-Name ......................................................................................................... 497 Fixed File Attributes ......................................................................................... 497 Fixed-Length Record ........................................................................................ 497 Fixed-Form Reference Format ......................................................................... 497 Footing Area ..................................................................................................... 497 Formal Argument ............................................................................................. 498 Format .............................................................................................................. 498 Global Name..................................................................................................... 498 Group Item ....................................................................................................... 498 High Order End ................................................................................................ 498 Identification Area ............................................................................................ 498 Identifier ........................................................................................................... 498 Imperative Statement ........................................................................................ 498 Implicit Scope Terminator ................................................................................ 499 Index ................................................................................................................. 499 Index Data Item ................................................................................................ 499 Indexed File ...................................................................................................... 499 Indexed Organization ....................................................................................... 499 Index-Name ...................................................................................................... 499 Indicator Area ................................................................................................... 499 Initial Program .................................................................................................. 499 Initial State ....................................................................................................... 499 In-Line Comment ............................................................................................. 499 Input File .......................................................................................................... 500 Input Mode ....................................................................................................... 500 Input Procedure ................................................................................................ 500 Input-Output File .............................................................................................. 500 Input-Output Section ........................................................................................ 500 Input-Output Statement .................................................................................... 500 Integer ............................................................................................................... 500 Internal Data ..................................................................................................... 500 Internal Data Item ............................................................................................. 500 Internal File Connector ..................................................................................... 501 Intra-Record Data Structure.............................................................................. 501 Invalid Key Condition ...................................................................................... 501

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I-O Mode .......................................................................................................... 501 I-O Status .......................................................................................................... 501 I-O-CONTROL ................................................................................................ 501 I-O-CONTROL Entry ...................................................................................... 501 ISO ................................................................................................................... 501 Key ................................................................................................................... 501 Key of Reference .............................................................................................. 502 Keyword ........................................................................................................... 502 Language-Name ............................................................................................... 502 Letter ................................................................................................................ 502 Level Indicator ................................................................................................. 502 Level-Number .................................................................................................. 502 Library Text ...................................................................................................... 502 Library-Name ................................................................................................... 502 LIKE Relation Condition ................................................................................. 502 LINAGE-COUNTER ....................................................................................... 503 Line Sequential ................................................................................................. 503 Linkage Section ................................................................................................ 503 Literal ............................................................................................................... 503 Lock Mode ....................................................................................................... 503 Logical Operator ............................................................................................... 503 Logical Page ..................................................................................................... 503 Logical Record ................................................................................................. 504 Low Order End ................................................................................................. 504 Low-Volume-I-O-Name ................................................................................... 504 Manual Multiple ............................................................................................... 504 Manual Record Locking Modes ....................................................................... 504 Manual Single ................................................................................................... 504 Margin R .......................................................................................................... 504 Mass Storage .................................................................................................... 504 Mass Storage Control System (MSCS) ............................................................ 505 Mass Storage File ............................................................................................. 505 Maximum Source Record Length ..................................................................... 505 MCS (Message Control System) ...................................................................... 505 Merge File ........................................................................................................ 505 Message ............................................................................................................ 505 Message Control System (MCS) ...................................................................... 505 Message Count ................................................................................................. 505 Message Indicators ........................................................................................... 505 Message Segment ............................................................................................. 506 Mnemonic-Name .............................................................................................. 506 MSCS (Mass Storage Control System) ............................................................ 506 Multiple Record Locking Modes ...................................................................... 506 Native Character Set ......................................................................................... 506 Native Collating Sequence ............................................................................... 506 Negated Combined Condition .......................................................................... 506 Negated Simple Condition ............................................................................... 506 Next Executable Sentence ................................................................................ 506 Next Executable Statement ............................................................................... 506 Next Record ...................................................................................................... 507 Noncontiguous Item ......................................................................................... 507 Nonnumeric Item .............................................................................................. 507 Nonnumeric Literal .......................................................................................... 507 Null ................................................................................................................... 507 Numeric Character............................................................................................ 507 Numeric Item .................................................................................................... 507

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Numeric Literal ................................................................................................ 507 Object Computer Entry ..................................................................................... 507 Object of Entry ................................................................................................. 507 Object Program ................................................................................................. 508 Object Time ...................................................................................................... 508 OBJECT-COMPUTER .................................................................................... 508 Obsolete Element ............................................................................................. 508 OEM ................................................................................................................. 508 Open Mode ....................................................................................................... 508 Operand ............................................................................................................ 508 Operational Sign ............................................................................................... 508 Optional File ..................................................................................................... 509 Optional Word .................................................................................................. 509 Output File ........................................................................................................ 509 Output Mode..................................................................................................... 509 Output Procedure .............................................................................................. 509 Padding Character ............................................................................................ 509 Page Body......................................................................................................... 509 Paragraph .......................................................................................................... 509 Paragraph Header ............................................................................................. 509 Paragraph-Name ............................................................................................... 510 Pattern ............................................................................................................... 510 Phrase ............................................................................................................... 510 Physical Page .................................................................................................... 510 Physical Record ................................................................................................ 510 Pointer Data Item .............................................................................................. 510 Previous Record ............................................................................................... 510 Pr