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

Procedure Division Verbs

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STRING

STRING combines some or all the characters from two or more data items into one

other data item.

part-1

is an alphanumeric literal or identifier of a DISPLAY data item. The concatenation

of their values is stored in the data item named by result. If a data item is

numeric, it must be described as an integer without P in its PICTURE character-

string. When a figurative constant is used, it represents a one-character

nonnumeric literal.

delimiter

is an alphanumeric literal or the identifier of a DISPLAY data item. It specifies the

portion of part-1 that is moved. It also specifies that all characters up to but not

including the value of delimiter are moved.

If the literal is a figurative constant, it represents the equivalent one-character

nonnumeric literal.

STRING

part-1 DELIMITED

BY SIZE

INTO

OVERFLOW

POINTER

END-STRING

delimiter

result

pointer

imperative-stmt-1

WITH

OVERFLOWNOT imperative-stmt-2

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