COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Index
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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PICTURE clause
description of 7-54/7-68
for BINARY/COMPUTATIONAL data
item 7-73
for COMPUTATIONAL-5 data item 7-75
for INDEX data item 7-76
for NATIVE-n data item 7-76
in record description entry 7-45
NUMERIC class test and 8-60
Plus sign (+)
as editing character 3-24
in PICTURE clause 7-57, 7-65, 7-66
Pointer class and category 4-1
POINTER data format
description of 7-70, 7-77
in relation conditions 8-58
PORT directive and 11-105
SYNCHRONIZE clause and 7-87
Pointers
alignment of targets of 33-10
as operands 8-58
assigning values to 9-220/9-221
decrementing 9-225/9-226
incrementing 9-225/9-226
initializing 7-90
on IBM/370 machine 9-226
SET TO statement for 9-220/9-221
SET UP or DOWN statement
for 9-225/9-226
VALUE clause and 7-90
PORT directive
description of 11-104
CALL statement and 9-18, 23-7, 23-19
misaligned addresses and 33-12
unmatched items and 7-41
POSITION phrase 9-238, 28-26/28-30
Positioning, file
description of 28-23/28-30
approximate 28-24
exact 28-23
Positioning, file (continued)
generic 28-24/28-26
to record with same alternate
key 28-26/28-30
Position-independent code (PIC)
CALL statement and 9-25
CALL-SHARED directive and 11-55
debugging 33-23, 34-8
dynamic-link libraries and 13-11
SHARED directive and 11-116
Power, raising to a
See Exponentiation operator
POWER-ON message 6-76
Precedence
of arithmetic operators 8-47
of nested programs 9-290
of PICTURE clause symbols 7-58
of SIGN clauses 7-79
Precision
arithmetic 8-48/8-53
of ADD statement 8-49
of DIVIDE statement 8-50/8-51
of MULTIPLY statement 8-50
of SUBTRACT statement 8-49
Predefined DEFINEs 11-36, 22-19
Prereading file records 9-156, 26-10, 27-1
Presenting parameters 11-22
PRESENT-VALUE function 14-47/14-48
Pre-execution preparation
description of 25-1/25-9
OBEY command files for 25-7/25-8
Primary process 32-4/32-6
Primary search list
adding file to 24-12
binding or linking and 24-6, 24-10
unqualified references and 11-14
Primary (or prime) record keys 28-13
Print process 30-3
Printer control tape channel punch 30-19
Printer file records 9-154