COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Source Text Manipulation

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

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Library Format

pre-text

is one or more text lines. These lines are never copied. When a library file begins

with pre-text, this text can be comments about the library’s sections. The

compiler examines pre-text only to look for a question mark (?) in column 1

followed by zero or more spaces followed by the directive COLUMNS (in any

combination of cases). If it finds such a directive, it attempts to translate and use it.

section-text

SECTION

is the SECTION directive described in SECTION.

text-name

is the name of the section, the name that identifies the portion of the library file

to be copied. It is a COBOL word (1 to 30 letters, digits, and hyphens but not

all digits).

format

is the keyword TANDEM or ANSI.

text-line

is a line of source text. There is no limit on the number of such lines. No text

line can begin with “?SECTION.”