COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

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HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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With the exception described in the preceding paragraph, every name that you
reference in a COBOL program must be unique, either because no other name has the
same spelling (including hyphenation), or because the name is part of a hierarchy of
names (such as a data-name defined within a record). In the latter case, you can
qualify the name with one or more of the higher-level names. You must specify enough
higher-level names to make the name unique, but you need not specify all levels. The
most significant name in a hierarchy must have unique spelling, because you cannot
qualify it.
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Reserved Words
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User-Defined Names
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System-Names
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Qualified Names