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COBOL/HP-UX Language Reference for the Series 700 and 800
COBOL/HP-UX Language Reference for the Series 700 and 800 : COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Ch 1. Introduction
The COBOL Language
Formats and Rules
General Format
Syntax Rules
General Rules
Elements
Source Format
Sequence Number
Indicator Area
Areas A and B
Ch 2. COBOL Concepts
Language Concepts
Character Set
Language Structure
Separators
Character-strings
Concept of Computer-Independent Data Description
Concept of Levels
Level-Numbers
Concepts of Classes of Data
Algebraic Signs
Standard Alignment Rules
Item Alignment for Increased Object-code Efficiency
Selection of Character Representation and Radix
DISPLAY Format
Concepts of Classes of Data (cont.)
Concepts of Classes of Data (cont.) (cont.)
COMPUTATIONAL, COMP, BINARY, (ANS85) COMPUTATIONAL-4 or COMP-4 (MF) (OSVS) (VSC2
Uniqueness of Reference
Qualification
Subscripting
Indexing
Function-Identifier
Identifier
Condition-Name
Explicit and Implicit Specifications
Explicit and Implicit Procedure Division References
Explicit and Implicit Transfers of Control
Explicit and Implicit Attributes
Explicit and Implicit Scope Terminators
Program Structure
Optional Division, Section and Paragraph Headings
Identification Division
General Description
Organization
Structure
Environment Division
General Description
Organization
Structure
Data Division
Overall Approach
Physical and Logical Aspects of Data Description
Data Division Organization
Procedure Division
General Description
Declaratives
Procedures
Execution
Statements and Sentences
Conditional Statement
Conditional Sentence
The COBOL System-Directing Statement
The COBOL System-Directing Sentence
Imperative Statement
Delimited Scope Statements
Imperative Sentence
Categories of Statements
Reference Format
General Description
Reference Format Representation
Sequence Numbers
Continuation of Lines
Blank Lines
Pseudo-text
Division, Section, Paragraph Formats
Division Header
Section Header
Paragraph Header, Paragraph-name and Paragraph
Data Division Entries
Declaratives
Comment Lines
Reserved Words
Ch 3. The Nucleus
Function of the Nucleus
A COBOL Source Program
General Description
Organization
Structure
Initial State of a Program
Identification Division
General Description
Organization
Structure
The PROGRAM-ID Paragraph and Nested Source Programs (ANS85)
The DATE-COMPILED Paragraph
Environment Division
General Description
Configuration Section
The Source-Computer Paragraph
The Object-Computer Paragraph
The Special-Names Paragraph
Data Division
Working-Storage Section
Noncontiguous Working-Storage (77-level-description-entry)
Working-Storage Records (record-description-entry)
Record Description Structure
Initial Values
Linkage Section
Noncontiguous Linkage Storage
Linkage Records
Initial Values
The Data Description - Complete Entry Skeleton
The BLANK WHEN ZERO Clause
The Data-Name or FILLER Clause
The GLOBAL Clause
The JUSTIFIED Clause
Level Number
Data Division (cont.)
The OCCURS Clause
The PICTURE Clause
The REDEFINES Clause
The RENAMES Clause
The SIGN Clause
The SYNCHRONIZED Clause
The USAGE Clause
Data Division (cont)
The VALUE Clause
Data Division (cont.)
Data Division (cont)
The ZERO-FILL Clause
Procedure Division
The PROCEDURE DIVISION Header
Arithmetic Expressions
Definition of an Arithmetic Expression
Arithmetic Operators
Formation and Evaluation Rules
Conditional Expressions
Simple Conditions
Relation Condition
Procedure Division (cont.)
Procedure Division (cont.) (cont.)
Class Condition
Condition-Name Condition (Conditional Variable)
Switch-Status Condition
Sign Condition
Complex Conditions
Negated Simple Condition
Combined and Negated Combined Condition
Abbreviated Combined Relation Conditions
Condition Evaluation Rules
Common Phrases and General Rules for Statement Formats
The ROUNDED Phrase
The ON SIZE ERROR Phraseand NOT ON SIZE ERROR Phrase (ANS85)
The CORRESPONDING Phrase
Arithmetic Statements
Overlapping Operands
Multiple Results in Arithmetic Statements
Incompatible Data
Signed Receiving Items
The ACCEPT Statement
The ADD Statement
The ALTER Statement
The CALL Statement
The CANCEL Statement
The CHAIN Statement
Procedure Division (cont)
The COMPUTE Statement
The CONTINUE Statement
The DISPLAY Statement
The DIVIDE Statement
Procedure Division (cont.)
The ENTER Statement
The EXIT Statement
The GO TO Statement
The IF Statement
The INSPECT Statement
The MOVE Statement
The MULTIPLY Statement
The PERFORM Statement
The SEARCH Statement
The SET Statement
The STOP Statement
The STRING Statement
The SUBTRACT Statement
The UNSTRING Statement
Ch 4. Intrinsic Function Module
Introduction to the Intrinsic Function Module
Language Concepts
Function-name
Value Returned by a Function
Function-identifier
Function Definition and Returned Value
Date Conversion Functions
Arguments
Types of Functions
Definitions of Functions
Language Concepts (cont)
The STANDARD-DEVIATION Function
Ch 5. File Input and Output
Introduction to File Input and Output
Record Sequential Input/Output
Organization of Line and (MF) Record Sequential Files
Access Mode
Relative Input-Output
Organization of Relative Files
Access Mode
Indexed Input-Output
Organization of Indexed Files
Access Mode
File Position Indicator
I/O Status
Status Key 1
Status Key 2
The AT END Condition
The INVALID KEY Condition
Valid Combinations of Status Keys 1 And 2
Environment Division for File Input and Output
Input-Output Section
The FILE-CONTROL Paragraph
The FILE-CONTROL Entry
The I/O-CONTROL Paragraph
Data Division for File Input and Output
File Section
Relationship with SORT-MERGE
Record Description Structure
The File Description - The Complete Entry Skeleton
The BLOCK CONTAINS Clause
The CODE-SET Clause
The DATA RECORDS Clause
The GLOBAL Clause
The LABEL RECORDS Clause
Linage-Counter
The LINAGE Clause
The RECORD Clause
The RECORDING MODE Clause
The VALUE OF Clause
Procedure Division for File Input and Output
The CLOSE Statement
The DELETE Statement
Procedure Division for File Input and Output (cont.)
The MERGE Statement
The OPEN Statement
The READ Statement
Procedure Division for File Input and Output (cont)
The RELEASE Statement
The RETURN Statement
The REWRITE Statement
The SORT Statement
Procedure Division for File Input and Output (continued)
The START Statement
The USE Statement
The WRITE Statement
Ch 6. Compiler-Directing Statements
Introduction to Compiler-Directing Statements
The Library Module
The BASIS Mechanism
The COPY Statement
The EJECT Statement
The REPLACE Statement
The TITLE Statement
Ch 7. Segmentation
Introduction to the Segmentation Module
General Description of Segmentation
Organization
Program Segments
Fixed Portion
Independent Segments
Segmentation Classification
Segmentation Control
Structure of Program Segments
Segment-Numbers
Segment-Limit
Restrictions on Program Flow
The ALTER Statement
The PERFORM Statement
The MERGE Statement
The SORT Statement
Ch 8. Debug and Interactive Debugging
Introduction
Standard ANSI COBOL Debug
Object-time Switch
COBOL Debug Run-time Switch
Environment Division in COBOL Debug
The WITH DEBUGGING MODE Clause
Procedure Division in COBOL Debug
The USE FOR DEBUGGING Statement
Debugging Lines
Ch 9. Communication
Introduction to the Communication Module
Data Division in the Communication Module
Communication Section
The Communication Description - Complete Entry Skeleton
Procedure Division in the Communication Module
The ACCEPT MESSAGE COUNT Statement
The DISABLE Statement
The ENABLE Statement
The RECEIVE Statement
The SEND Statement
Ch 10. Report Writer
Introduction to the Report Writer Module
Report Section
Report Structure
Vertical Spacing
Horizontal Spacing
Data Manipulation
Report Subdivisions
Physical Subdivision of a Report
Logical Subdivisions of a Report
Procedure Division Report Writer Statements
Language Concepts
Report File
Special Register PAGE-COUNTER
Special Register LINE-COUNTER
Subscripting
Environment Division in the Report Writer Module
Input-Output Section
The File-Control Paragraph
The I-O-Control Paragraph
Data Division in the Report Writer Module
The File Description Entry
The REPORT Clause
Report Section
Report Description Entry
Report Group Description Entry
The Report Description Entry
PAGE-COUNTER Rules
LINE-COUNTER Rules
The CODE Clause
The CONTROL Clause
The PAGE Clause
Page Regions
The Report Group Description Entry
Presentation Rules Tables
Description
Organization
Line Number Clause Notation
Line Number Clause Sequence Substitutions
Saved Next Group Integer Description
Report Heading Group Presentation Rules
Page Heading Group Presentation Rules
Body Group Presentation Rules
Page Footing Presentation Rules
Data Division in the Report Writer Module (cont.)
Presentation Rules Tables (cont.)
Report Footing Presentation Rules
The COLUMN NUMBER Clause
The DATA-NAME Clause
The GROUP INDICATE Clause
Level-Number
The LINE NUMBER Clause
The NEXT GROUP Clause
The SIGN Clause
The SOURCE Clause
The SUM Clause
The TYPE Clause
The USAGE Clause
The VALUE Clause
Procedure Division in the Report Writer Module
General Description
The CLOSE Statement
The GENERATE Statement
The INITIATE Statement
The OPEN Statement
The SUPPRESS Statement
The TERMINATE Statement
The USE BEFORE REPORTING Statement
Ch 11. Double-Byte Character Set
Introduction to Double-Byte Character Set Support
DBCS Data
Roman Script in DBCS
Multivendor Integration Architecture Support
Source Programs
Language Extensions
Comments and Comment-entries
User-defined Words
Spaces
Data Items
DBCS Data Items
Mixed Data Items
Literals
DBCS Literals
Category of DBCS Literals
Mixed Literals
Figurative Constants
The "N" literal
Program Structure
The END PROGRAM Header
Identification Division in the DBCS Module
The PROGRAM-ID Paragraph
Environment Division in the DBCS Module
The SOURCE-COMPUTER Paragraph
The OBJECT-COMPUTER Paragraph
The SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph
The FILE-CONTROL Paragraph
Data Division in the DBCS Module
The JUSTIFIED Clause
The PICTURE Clause
Rules for DBCS Data
Rule for DBCS Edited Data
Symbols Used
Editing Rules
Fixed Insertion Editing
The REDEFINES Clause
RENAMES Clause
The USAGE Clause
The VALUE Clause
CONDITION-NAME Rule
Procedure Division in the DBCS Module
Conditional Expressions
Relation Conditions
Class Condition
Move Operation
The ACCEPT Statement
The CALL Statement
The CANCEL Statement
The INITIALIZE Statement
The INSPECT Statement
The MOVE Statement
The SEARCH Statement
The STOP Statement
The STRING Statement
The UNSTRING Statement
Ap A. Reserved Words
Introduction
Key
MF Compatibility directive:
Reserved Words A - B
Reserved Words C
Reserved Words D - F
Reserved Words G - K
Reserved Words L - O
Reserved Words P - Q
Reserved Words R - T
Reserved Words U - Z
Ap B. Obsolete Language Elements
Introduction
List of Obsolete Language Elements
Ap C. Data General Interactive COBOL V1.3 Syntax Support
Introduction
Long User-defined Names
Environment Division
Switch-Names
File-Name on Disk
The DATA SIZE Clause
The INDEX SIZE Clause
Duplicate Alternate Keys
Alternate Keys
I-O Control Paragraph
Data Division
VALUE Clause
The Screen Section
Procedure Division
The ACCEPT Statement
The CALL Statement
The COPY INDEXED Statement
The DISPLAY Statement
File Sharing Syntax
The OPEN Statement
The READ Statement
Ap D. Ryan McFarland COBOL V2.0 Syntax Support
Introduction
Environment Division
The ASSIGN Clause
The ORGANIZATION Clause
Data Division
The VALUE OF LABEL Clause
Length of Nonnumeric Literals
Default Sign Representation
The USAGE Clause
Procedure Division
Literals as CALL Parameters
The EXIT PROGRAM Statement
Bound Checking
Size Allocation for Index Data Items
The STOP RUN Statement
Non-Standard Operations on Alphanumeric Data Items
The PERFORM Statement
Procedure Names
REWRITE on LINE SEQUENTIAL Files
OPEN and CLOSE on SEQUENTIAL Files
The ACCEPT Statement
The DISPLAY Statement
File I-O Status Codes
Locked Records
Ap E. Microsoft COBOL V1.0 and V2.0 Syntax Support
Introduction
Special Registers LIN and COL
Environment Division
The Special-Names Paragraph
Data Division
The USAGE Clause
Procedure Division
The Position-Specification Phrase
The ACCEPT Statement
The DISPLAY Statement
The EXHIBIT Statement
Microsoft V2.0 Additional Syntax Support
Record LOCKING
OPEN LOCKING Statement
READ Statement (in Manual mode)
START Statement
UNLOCK Statement
Ap F. DOS/VS COBOL Support
Introduction
Ap G. Character Sets and Collating Sequences
Introduction
Ap H. Syntax Summary for COBOL Standard Features
General Format for Identification Division
General Format for Environment Division
General Format for File-Control Entry
Sequential Files
Relative Files
Indexed Files
Sort-Merge
General Format for Data Division
General Format for File Description Entry
Sort-Merge File
Report File
General Format for Data Description Entry
General Format for Communication Description Entry
General Format for Report Description Entry
General Format For Report Group Description Entry
General Format for Intrinsic Functions
General Format for Procedure Division
General Format for Procedure Division (cont.)
Declarative Format
Non-Declarative Format
Systems Programming Extension Format
General Format for Verbs
General Format for COPY Statement
General Format for Conditions
Relation Conditions
Class Condition
Sign Condition
Condition-Name-Condition
Switch-Status Condition
Negated Simple Condition
Abbreviated Combined Relation Condition
Miscellaneous Formats
Qualification
Subscripting and Indexing
Identifier
Ap I. VS COBOL II Compatibility
Introduction
Ap J. Conditional Compilation
Introduction
General Rules for all Conditional Compilation Statements
IF Statement with Conditional Compilation
ELSE Statement with Conditional Compilation
END Statement with Conditional Compilation
DISPLAY Statement with Conditional Compilation
Ap K. File Status
ANSI File Status Summary
ANSI'74 File Status Codes
ANSI'85 File Status Codes
Ap L. SQL Database Interface
Introduction
SQL in COBOL Programs
Host Variables
Small Integer
Large Integer
Varying Length Character Strings
Fixed Length Character Strings
Decimal
Float
The EXEC SQL Statement
The INCLUDE Statement
The DECLARE TABLE Statement
Undeclared Host Variables
Qualified Host Variables
Host Variable Groups and Indicator Arrays
The NOT Operator (-)
SQL Communications Area
Ap M. Glossary
Introduction
Definitions
Definitions (cont.)
INDEX
Index