COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

Creating and Compiling HP COBOL Source

Programs

HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003

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EDIT Files

An EDIT format file (abbreviated “EDIT file”) is a specially formatted disk file. It is the

only type of file that the EDIT and TEDIT editors create or alter. The file-code value

that the EDIT or TEDIT editor assigns to an EDIT file is 101.

To use the EDIT or TEDIT editor on the contents of a non-EDIT file, create a new EDIT

file and copy the text of the non-EDIT file into it.

For more information about EDIT files, see the EDIT User’s Guide and Reference

Manual.

Reference Format

Individual source program lines must follow a reference format that the compiler

accepts. There are two choices of reference format: Tandem and ANSI. Tandem

format, an HP extension to COBOL, is less restrictive than ANSI. The principal

differences between the Tandem and ANSI formats are in:

•

Margin locations

•

Permitted line lengths

•

Absence of sequence number and identification field in Tandem format

•

Continuation lines

Figure 22-1. Tandem Reference Format

Column:

Margin:

Area BArea A

Line

*n <= 132

21345678910...n*

Indicator Area

CA B R

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