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
define-name-literal
is a nonnumeric literal that specifies the name of a DEFINE of type MAP. For
information about DEFINE names, see DEFINEs.
system-file-name-word
is a single user-defined word that specifies the name of an operating system file,
not qualified by any system name, volume name, or subvolume name. It cannot be
a nonnumeric literal. It cannot represent a DEFINE name.
file-mnemonic
is a name you choose as an alias for the operating system file name or (in the
Guardian environment) the DEFINE name. You can use it in ACCEPT, CALL,
DISPLAY, and ENTER statements.
ALPHABET Clause
The ALPHABET clause provides a way for you to associate a name with a specified
character code set, collating sequence, or both. You can use the alphabet-name
that you define in the ALPHABET clause in:
•
PROGRAM COLLATING SEQUENCE clause of the OBJECT-COMPUTER
paragraph
•
COLLATING SEQUENCE phrase of a SORT or MERGE statement
•
CODE-SET clause of a file description entry
alphabet-name
is a user-defined word, the name to be associated with the character code set that
you define.
ALPHABET
alphabet-name
STANDARD-1
STANDARD-2
NATIVE
EBCDIC
literal-phrase
IS
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