COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Procedure Division Verbs

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

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MOVE

MOVE TO

MOVE TO copies data from a data item and stores it in one or more other data items.

sender

is the literal or the identifier of the data item from which data is copied.

receiver

is the identifier of a data item to which the data is to be copied.

Usage Considerations:

•

Evaluation of Subscripts and Indexes

Subscripts or indexes in sender are evaluated only once, immediately before

data is moved to the first receiver. Subscripts or indexes in receivers are

evaluated in the order in which the receivers are specified. For example,

MOVE A(B) TO B C(B)

is equivalent to

MOVE A(B) TO temp

MOVE temp TO B

MOVE temp TO C(B)

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MOVE Statements That Are Not Recommended

Do not attempt these moves:

SPACE, alphanumeric edited, or alphabetic data item to numeric or numeric

edited data item

ZERO, numeric literal, numeric, or numeric edited data item to alphabetic data

item

Form Description

MOVE TO

Copies data from a data item and stores it in one or more

other data items

MOVE CORRESPONDING

Copies elements of one group to corresponding elements of

another group

senderMOVE receiverTO

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