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

SCREEN COBOL Source Program
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Tandem Standard Reference Format
Tandem Standard Reference Format
Lines in Tandem standard reference format are not fixed length; they can have up to
132 characters. Lines longer than 132 characters are truncated; trailing blanks are
ignored. For each line, Margin R is set to follow the last nonblank character in the line,
regardless of the Margin R location in any previous line.
Trailing blanks from a previous line and initial blanks on a continuation line are ignored.
Figure 2-1 shows the Tandem standard reference format.
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Division, section, and paragraph headers must begin in Area A. The first sentence
of a paragraph can begin on the same line as the paragraph header, provided at
least one space follows the period terminator of the paragraph name.
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In general, SCREEN COBOL ignores the distinction between Area A and Area B.
The lexical elements of a source program can occur anywhere between Margin A
and Margin B.
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Level numbers 01 and 77 must begin in Area A.
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Level numbers 02-49, 66, and 88 can begin in either Area A or Area B.
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Area A of a continuation line should always be left blank.
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An * or / in the indicator field indicates a comment; a - indicates continuation;
a ? indicates a compiler command line. If any other character appears in the
indicator field, the last character in the preceding line is assumed to be followed by
a space.
ANSI Standard Reference Format
Each line in ANSI standard reference format has 80 characters. The SCREEN
COBOL compiler assures this by truncating lines over 80 characters, or adding blanks
to fill out short lines.
A literal string that exceeds one line must fill the line on which it begins; otherwise, any
trailing blanks before the continued characters are included as part of the literal.
Figure 2-1. Tandem Standard Reference Format
008CDT .CDD
Area A Area BIndicator
Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 132
Margin R