COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

WORDS, CHARACTERS, MODULES
are ignored.
PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE Clause
The PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause enables you to specify an arbitrary collating
sequence for use in nonnumeric comparisons and changes the values of the figurative constants
HIGH-VALUE, HIGH-VALUES, LOW-VALUE, and LOW-VALUES. This clause has no effect on national
data items, which are collated in ascending order of binary value (of the 2-byte pair representing
the character).
alphabet-name
is defined in an ALPHABET clause in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph. For more information,
see ALPHABET Clause.
SEGMENT-LIMIT Clause
NOTE: The 1985 COBOL standard classifies the SEGMENT-LIMIT clause as obsolete, so you are
advised not to use it.
HP COBOL ignores the SEGMENT LIMIT clause except to check its syntax. All segment-numbers,
from 01 to 49, are permanent.
segment-number
must be in the range 1 through 49 but is otherwise ignored.
CHARACTER-SET Clause
The CHARACTER-SET clause is an HP COBOL extension that enables you to specify the national
character set defining the ALPHABETIC data class.
character-set-type
is a keyword in the left column of this table, representing an alphabet in the right column:
Alphabetscharacter-set-type
Danish, NorwegianDANSK-NORSK
GermanDEUTSCH
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