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

Index
HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003
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PICTURE clause (continued)
for NATIVE-n data item 7-75
in record description entry 7-44
NUMERIC class test and 8-60
Plus sign (+)
as editing character 3-22
in PICTURE clause 7-56, 7-64, 7-65
Pointer class and category 4-1
POINTER data format
description of 7-69, 7-76
in relation conditions 8-58
PORT directive and 11-66
SYNCHRONIZE clause and 7-86
Pointers
as operands 8-58
assigning values to 9-207/9-209
decrementing 9-213
incrementing 9-213
initializing 7-89
on IBM/370 machine 9-213
SET TO statement for 9-207/9-209
SET UP or DOWN statement for 9-213
VALUE clause and 7-89
PORT directive
description of 11-65
CALL statement and 9-18, 23-6, 23-16
unmatched items and 7-39
POSITION phrase 9-226, 28-26/28-30
Positioning, file
description of 28-23/28-30
approximate 28-24
exact 28-23
generic 28-24/28-26
to record with same alternate
key 28-26/28-30
Position-independent code (PIC)
CALL statement and 9-25
CALL-SHARED directive and 11-39
debugging 33-7, 34-7
Position-independent code
(PIC) (continued)
dynamic-link libraries and 13-4
SHARED directive and 11-77
Power, raising to a
See Exponentiation operator
POWER-ON message 6-69
Precedence
of arithmetic operators 8-47
of nested programs 9-272
of PICTURE clause symbols 7-57
of SIGN clauses 7-78
Precision
arithmetic 8-49/8-53
of ADD statement 8-50
of DIVIDE statement 8-50/8-51
of MULTIPLY statement 8-50
of SUBTRACT statement 8-50
Predefined DEFINEs 11-23, 22-16
Prereading file records 9-143, 26-10, 27-1
Presenting parameters 11-15
PRESENT-VALUE function 14-46/14-48
Pre-execution preparation
description of 25-1/25-9
OBEY command files for 25-6/25-8
Primary process 32-4/32-6
Primary search list
adding file to 24-9
binding or linking and 24-5
linking and 24-8
unqualified references and 11-10
Primary (or prime) record keys 28-13
Print process 30-3
Printer control tape channel punch 30-20
Printer file records 9-141
Printers
DISPLAY statement and 30-23
logging program activity to 30-23
out of paper 30-23