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

MOVE statements and, 369
ALPHABETIC-LOWER class test
in simple condition, 270
with default character set, 105
ALPHABETIC-UPPER class test
in simple condition, 270
with default character set, 105
Alphanumeric class and category, 77
Alphanumeric data items
description of, 197
ACCEPT statement and, 279
alignment of data in, 87
MOVE statement and, 369
Alphanumeric edited category, 77
Alphanumeric edited data items
description of, 197
ACCEPT statement and, 279
alignment of data in, 87
MOVE statement and, 369
Alphanumeric functions
CHAR, 662
COS, 663
CURRENT-DATE, 664
description of, 655
LOWER-CASE, 672
REVERSE, 688
UPPER-CASE, 695
WHEN-COMPILED, 697
ALTER DEFINE command, 825
ALTER statement
description of, 291
paragraphs with, 236
Altering programs, 747
Alternate key files
alternate record keys and, 870
creating and using, 886
improving performance of, 880
ALTERNATE RECORD KEY clause
description of, 117
file type and, 116
for indexed file, 134
for relative file, 129
for sequential file, 121
Alternate record keys
description of, 870
for entry-sequenced files, 863
for indexed files, 135, 867
for relative files, 130, 866
for sequential files, 122
for unstructured files, 861
insertion order and, 118
maximum number of, 118
null values for, 880
with duplicate values, 117
Ampersand (&)
in TACL command, 756
ANNUITY function, 659
ANSI directive, 539
ANSI reference format
COLUMNS directive and, 542
compiler listing and, 770, 772
description of, 702
directive for, 539
program creation and, 748
text libraries and, 757
ANSI standard labels, 850
Apostrophe (')
in simple nonnumeric literal, 72
Apostrophe (’)
in national literal, sample text, 73
Approximate positioning, 871
ar utility, 970
Archive files, 970
Area A
in ANSI reference format, 704
in Tandem reference format, 46
paragraph headers and, 235
Area B
in ANSI reference format, 704
in Tandem reference format, 46
Arithmetic expressions, 259
as parameters, 658, 806
precision of, 263
summary of, 1011
Arithmetic mean function
MEAN, 674
Arithmetic operands, 260
Arithmetic operations, 257
Arithmetic operators, 260
Arithmetic overflow
COMPUTATIONAL data format and, 245
error messages for, 1179
in CRE, 709
Arithmetic precision, 261
Arithmetic statements, 257
common features of, 257
ASCII character set
in alphabetic order, 1229
in numeric order, 1225
ASIN function, 660
ASSIGN clause
description of, 117
file type and, 116
for indexed file, 132
for line sequential file, 126, 717
for relative file, 128
for sequential file, 119
for sort-merge file, 137
ASSIGN command
#DYNAMIC and, 835
compared to DEFINE, 593
description of, 582
for overriding file assignments, 821
for specifying file characteristics, 821
maximum number of, 821
OSS environment and, 723
showing active ones, 825
ASSIGN message portions, 613
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