COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)
Local buffering
for indexed files, 135
for relative files, 131
for sequential files, 124
Local names, 52
LOCK phrase
for relative, indexed, or queue file, 307
for sequential or line sequential file, 305
Locked open mode, 83
LOCKFILE statement, 358
Locking
files, 304, 835, 857
keys, 955
Locking files, 881
Locking records, 881
Locking:records, 955
LOG function
Numeric functions, 671
LOG10 function, 671
Logging program activity
to printer, 913
to terminal, 897
Logical operators
in combined conditions, 273
in conditional expressions, 273
Logical pages, 169
Logical records, 79
LOGICAL-CLOSE message, 150, 151
LOGICAL-OPEN message, 150, 151
LOW-VALUE or LOW-VALUES figurative constant , 75
LOWER-CASE function, 672
M
MAIN directive, 557
Main programs
description of, 557, 795
CANCEL statement and, 302
description of, 557, 795
identifying, 182
Manipulating object files, 525
MAP directive, 557, 769, 776
Margins
See also Reference format, 44
A, 44, 46, 704
B, 704
C, 44, 702
L, 702
R, 46, 704
MAX function, 673
Maximum object file size, 524
MEDIAN function, 675
MEM option of RUN command, 821
Memory, 916
Memory areas, 600
MEMORY-LOCK-COMPLETION message, 151
MEMORY-LOCK-FAILURE message, 151
MEMORY-SIZE clause, 103
Merge keys, 364
MERGE statement, 360
Message indicator line, 1107
MESSAGE SOURCE phrase, 145, 149
#RECEIVE and, 523
operating system messages and, 836
MESSAGE-CANCELLED message, 151
MESSAGE-MISSED message, 151
Messages
determining source of, 930
error
See Error messages, 1107
failure, 1108
generated by asynchronous hardware events, 150
initialization, 563
REPORT clause, 151
saved, 613
system, 836
system:list of, 149
tape mount, 645
warning, 251, 1107
MIDRANGE function, 676
migrating to native mode, 959
MIGRATION-CHECK directive, 558
MIN function, 677
MINSPACE parameter, 624, 629
MINTIME parameter, 624, 629
Minus sign (-)
See also Hyphen (-), 76
as arithmetic operator, 260
in PICTURE clause, 76, 194, 200, 201
Mixed-language programs, 794
CRE and, 709
data type correspondence and, 1234
DDL and, 759
in OSS environment, 712
sharing data, 803
sharing standard files, 860
Mnemonic codes
in compiler listing, 555
Mnemonic names
for terminals, 889
MOD function, 678
Modules of HP COBOL, 39
Mount messages see Tape mount messages
MOVE statement
explicit, 291
implicit, 344
Multidimensional tables, 213, 428, 430
MULTIPLE FILE clause
description of, 139, 142
LABEL RECORDS clause and, 167
labeled tape files and, 852
Multiple-file tapes, 840
Multiple-file transactions, 954
Multiple-reel tape files, 306, 491, 841
Multiplication operator, 260
MULTIPLY statement
precision of, 262
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