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

Nonexecutable files
See Linkfiles, 42
Nonnumeric comparisons, 266
Nonnumeric data items
DISPLAY statement and, 313
initializing, 219
VALUE clause and, 219
Nonnumeric literals
continuing
in ANSI format, 703
hexadecimal, 73
in Tandem reference format, 45
punctuation characters in, 62
simple, 72
Nonprinting characters, 112
NONSTOP directive
description of, 558
fault-tolerant facility and, 949
overriding, 822
NonStop SQL/MP
See Embedded NonStop SQL/MP , 47
NonStop TS/MP
See HP Nonstop TS/MP, 944
NOPORT directive, 560
NOPURGE-OUTPUT parameter, 624, 629
NOSAVEABEND directive
description of, 565
NOSEARCH directive
description of, 565
NOSHOWCOPY directive, 568, 772
NOSHOWFILE directive, 569
NOSQL directive
description of, 572
NOSUPPRESS directive, 577
NOSYMBOLS directive, 577
NOT AT END phrase
in READ statement, 407, 413
in RETURN statement, 423
NOT EQUAL TO operator, 266
NOT EXCEPTION phrase, 296
NOT GREATER THAN operator, 266
NOT INVALID KEY phrase
in DELETE statement, 310
in READ statement, 420
in REWRITE statement, 424, 427
in START statement, 453, 455, 456
in WRITE statement, 489
NOT LESS THAN operator, 266
NOT modifier, 270, 272
NOT SIZE ERROR phrase
in ADD CORRESPONDING statement, 287
in ADD GIVING statement, 285
in ADD TO statement, 284
in COMPUTE statement, 307
NOTRAP2 directive, 537
NOTRAP2-74 directive, 537
NOWAIT option of RUN command, 754, 828
NOWAIT-IO parameter, 624, 630
NOWARN directive, 769
NULL pointer value
in relation condition, 269
in SET TO statement, 437
Null values
for alternate record keys, 880
Numeric class and category, 77
NUMERIC class test, 270
Numeric comparisons, 266
Numeric data items
ACCEPT statement and, 279
alignment of data in, 87
displaying values of, 313
initializing, 219
PICTURE clause and, 197
reading and writing, 896
VALUE clause and, 219
Numeric edited category, 77
Numeric edited data items
ACCEPT statement and, 279
alignment of data in, 87
MOVE statements and, 370
PICTURE clause and, 197
Numeric functions
ACOS, 658
ANNUITY, 659
ASIN, 660
ATAN, 661
description of, 656
LOG, 671
LOG10, 671
MEAN, 674
MEDIAN, 675
MIDRANGE, 676
NUMVAL, 679
NUMVAL-C, 680
PRESENT-VALUE, 684
RANDOM, 685
REM, 687
SIN, 688
SQRT, 689
STANDARD-DEVIATION, 690
TEST-NUMVAL, 693
TEST-NUMVAL-C, 694
VARIANCE, 696
Numeric functions:TAN;Tangent function;TAN function,
692
Numeric literals
COMPUTATIONAL-5 data items and, 208
decimal, 70
hexadecimal, 71
passed by content, 806
punctuation characters in, 62
NUMVAL function, 679
NUMVAL-C function, 680
O
OBEY command files
for pre-execution preparation, 823
for running compiler, 754
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