COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Contents
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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7. Data Division (continued)
7. Data Division (continued)
Working-Storage Section 7-33
Data Description Entries 7-34
Initializing Data Items 7-36
Size Limits 7-36
Checkpointing 7-36
Extended-Storage Section 7-37
Data Description Entries and Initializing Data Items 7-37
Addressing 7-38
Size Limits 7-38
Checkpointing 7-38
Linkage Section 7-38
Data Description Entries and Initializing Data Items 7-39
ACCESS MODE Clause 7-39
CALL Statement and USING Phrase 7-40
Index-Names 7-42
Absent Linkage Section 7-42
Descriptions of Records (Levels 01-49) 7-43
General Considerations 7-44
FILLER Keyword 7-48
REDEFINES Clause 7-48
EXTERNAL Clause 7-52
GLOBAL Clause 7-53
PICTURE Clause 7-54
USAGE Clause 7-69
SIGN Clause 7-78
OCCURS Clause for Fixed-Size Tables 7-79
OCCURS Clause for Variable-Size Tables 7-83
SYNCHRONIZED Clause 7-86
JUSTIFIED Clause 7-87
BLANK WHEN ZERO Clause 7-88
VALUE Clause 7-89
Descriptions That Rename Items (Level 66) 7-91
Descriptions of Noncontiguous Elementary Items (Level 77) 7-93
Descriptions of Condition-Names for Values (Level 88) 7-95