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

Index
HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003
Index-4
B
At-end condition (continued)
for SEARCH VARYING
statement 9-198, 9-199, 9-200
input-output errors and 8-40
simulated 9-226
$RECEIVE and 31-14
Audited disk files
audit trails and 32-16
cache buffering and 28-32
HP COBOL Fast I-O and 6-33
AUTHOR paragraph 5-2
Averaging function 14-31
Avoiding deadlock 28-37/28-39
B
B in PICTURE clause 3-22, 7-54
Background processes 25-13
Backup processes
description of 32-4/32-6
CHECKPOINT statement and 9-32
STARTBACKUP statement and 9-241
Banner, compilation 22-36, 22-37
Batch compilation 22-18
BEFORE phrase
in INSPECT CONVERTING
statement 9-104
in INSPECT REPLACING
statement 9-94
in INSPECT TALLYING REPLACING
statement 9-98
, 9-100
in INSPECT TALLYING
statement 9-88, 9-90
Binary arithmetic operators 8-46
BINARY data format
description of 7-68, 7-72
PORT directive and 11-65
SYNCHRONIZED clause and 7-86
tape I-O and 27-14
Binary searches 9-204
Binding
description of 24-1/24-11
called programs’ object code 11-16
directives for 11-35
BLANK directive
description of 11-38
initializing data items and 7-34
Blank lines
in replacement text 10-17
in Tandem reference format
anywhere 2-6
in continuation lines 2-5
BLANK WHEN ZERO clause
description of 7-87
for BINARY/COMPUTATIONAL data
item 7-72
for INDEX data item 7-75
for NATIVE-n data item 7-75
in record description entry 7-45
BLOCK CONTAINS clause
description of 7-14/7-16
for external file 7-12
for labeled tape file 27-21
for unlabeled tape file 27-2
HP COBOL Fast I-O and 6-33
sequential block buffering and 6-32
Blocked files
closing 9-37
creating 7-15
Blocked records
in structured files 28-31/28-35
in tape files 27-2
BLOCKLEN attribute of DEFINE
for labeled tape file 27-21
for unlabeled tape file 27-16
Blocks
code
description of 24-1/24-3
calling each other 24-3
data 24-1/24-3