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

CALL statement and, 293, 798
unmatched items and, 181
POSITION phrase, 450, 873
Position-independent code (PIC)
CALL statement and, 297
dynamic-link libraries and, 600
SHARED directive and, 568
Positioning file:
to record with same alternate key, 873
Positioning, file
approximate, 871
exact, 871
generic, 871
Power, raising to a
See Exponentiation operator, 244
POWER-ON message, 151
Pre-execution preparation
description of, 820
OBEY command files for, 823
Precedence
of arithmetic operators, 261
of nested programs, 486
of PICTURE clause symbols, 194
of SIGN clauses, 211
Precision
arithmetic, 261
of ADD statement, 262
of DIVIDE statement, 263
of MULTIPLY statement, 262
of SUBTRACT statement, 262
Predefined DEFINEs, 756
Prereading file records, 388, 836
PRESENT-VALUE function, 684
Presenting parameters, 522
Primary (or prime) record keys, 864
Primary process, 946
Primary search list
linking and, 814
unqualified references and, 517
Print process, 900
Printer control tape channel punch, 912
Printer file records, 387
PRINTER-CONTROL parameter, 588, 590
Printers
DISPLAY statement and, 914
logging program activity to, 913
out of paper, 914
output to, 899, 911
unavailable, 823
vertical spacing in, 911
WRITE statement and, 914
writing to, 896
Printers:output to
formatting of, 912
Priority of spooler jobs, 902
PRIORITY parameter, 624, 630
Procedure Division
components of, 227, 228
description of, 227
execution of, 238
HP extensions affecting, 707
summary of, 1051
syntax of, 228
verbs in, 278
Procedures
error-handling, 828
execution of, 242
syntax of, 237
Process file segment, 816
Process pairs, 946
activity of, 947
CANCEL statement and, 302
CHECKPOINT statement and, 303, 304
CLOSE statement and, 307
example of, 951
mechanisms for, 944
naming, 827
NONSTOP directive and, 558
OPEN statement and, 387
OSS environment and, 724
SQL databases and, 304
PROCESS-CREATE-COMPLETION message, 151
PROCESS-DELETION message, 151
PROCESS-TIME-SIGNAL message, 151
Processes
background, 828
backup, 461, 946
changing creator IDs of, 942
collector, 900
communicating with, 895, 916
definition of, 581
descendants of, 939
description of, 816
determining handles of, 929
determining nodes of, 929
determining status of, 932
fault-tolerant, 944
identifying creators of, 937
initiating, 916
involved in compilation, 516
managing, 929
named, 562, 827, 920
primary, 946
print, 900
receiving from, 896
requesting, 147
supervisor, 900
suspending, 942
treated as files, 836
unnamed, 461
with timestamp names, 827
Program collating sequence, 112
PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause
description of, 103, 104
MERGE statement and, 364
Program logic errors, 251
PROGRAM-ID paragraph, 96, 98
Program-name, scope of, 49
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