Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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The Dictionary DICTCDE Utility

DICTCDE Naming Considerations

When an entity is extracted from the Dictionary, DICTCDE checks that the entity name is

compatible with COBOL. If the entity name deﬁned in the Dictionary is an illegal COBOL

name or the entity name is a COBOL reserved word, an error message will be issued, and

DICTCDE will convert the names to legal COBOL names. Note that the names generated

by DICTCDE will not be reﬂected in the Dictionary.

The following describes how DICTCDE converts entity names that are not compatible with

COBOL.

If the entity name, as deﬁned in the Dictionary, begins with a hyphen, DICTCDE will add

an X- to the beginning of the entity name.

Suppose the entity name in the Dictionary is:

-STOCK

the following COBOL name will be generated:

X--STOCK

If the entity name, as deﬁned in the Dictionary, ends with a hyphen, DICTCDE will add an

-X to the end of the entity name. Suppose the entity name in the Dictionary is:

CUSTSTOCK- the following COBOL name will be generated:

CUSTSTOCK--X

If the entity name extracted from the Dictionary is a COBOL reserved word, DICTCDE

will add an X- to the beginning of the word. Also, DICTCDE prints a comment next to the

generated entity to inform you that this entity name is a COBOL reserved word. For

example, if the entity is deﬁned in the Dictionary as FILE, the following code will be

generated:

X-FILE

Also, if the entity name contains any invalid COBOL characters, those characters will be

replaced with a hyphen.