Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual (H06.10+, J06.03+)

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Field-Characteristic Clauses
columns-phrase is:
IN literal-1 COLUMNS { OFFSET } { literal-k } ,...
{ SKIPPING }
lines-phrase is:
ON literal-2 LINES [ SKIPPING literal-3 ]
IN...COLUMNS, ON...LINES
determines the number of field occurrences, the location of each field occurrence,
and the ordering of the field occurrences.
literal-1
is a numeric literal that specifies the number of field occurrences on a line.
literal-k
is a numeric literal that specifies the horizontal spacing of the field columns.
When OFFSET is specified, literal-k is the number of spaces between the first
column of a field occurrence ( literal-1 ) and the first column of the next field
occurrence ( literal-1 +1) on the same line.
When SKIPPING is specified, literal-k is the number of spaces between the
last column of a field occurrence (column k) and the first column of the next field
occurrence (column k+1) on the same line. There can be at most ( literal-1 ) -1
separations. If there are fewer separations, the last literal-k is used
repeatedly. No separation is required after the last literal.
literal-2
is a numeric literal that specifies how many lines contain occurrences.
literal-3
is a numeric literal that specifies how many lines are skipped between lines
containing occurrences of the field.
DEPENDING
indicates that the number of occurrences is variable.
data-name-1
is the unsubscripted name of an elementary numeric item where the current
number of occurrences is defined. This item must be defined in the Working-
Storage Section or Linkage Section. On input (execution of an ACCEPT
statement), this item is set. On output (execution of a DISPLAY statement), this
item is used to define the number of values output. If FILL and OCCURS clauses