COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Environment Division
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph
SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph
The optional SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph assigns names of your choice to certain
system-names. In addition, you can define a currency sign other than the dollar sign
($), and you can exchange the function of commas and periods in PICTURE character-
strings and numeric literals.
National literals and national data items cannot be used in the SPECIAL-NAMES
paragraph.
Topics:
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System-Name Clause
•
File-Mnemonic Clause
•
ALPHABET Clause
•
SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS Clause
•
CLASS Clause
•
CURRENCY SIGN Clause
•
DECIMAL-POINT Clause
SPECIAL-NAMES
System-Name clause
File-Mnemonic clause
ALPHABET clause
SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS clause
CLASS clause
.
CURRENCY SIGN clause
DECIMAL-POINT clause
.
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