COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Data Division
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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Data Descriptions
CONTAINS phrase
VARYING phrase
DATA RECORDS clause
Data Descriptions
•
Record Item (Levels 01 through 49)
•
Level-66 Item
•
Level-77 Item
•
Level-88 Item
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Clause for Data Descriptions in the Linkage Section
length-fixed
length-min
TO
length-max
CHARACTERS
CONTAINS
VST091.vsd
IS
VARYING
IN SIZE
FROM
length-min
DEPENDING
length-var
TO
length-max
ON
CHARACTERS
VST092.vsd
DATA
RECORDS
RECORD
IS
ARE
data-name
VST093.vsd