iTS 1.0+)

SCREEN COBOL Source Program

Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual—426750-001

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SCREEN COBOL Character Set

The SCREEN COBOL character set is a subset of the ASCII character set and consists

of 52 characters. Table 2-1 lists these characters.

In addition, you can use characters from a double-byte character set if you specify the

CHARACTER-SET IS KANJI-KATAKANA clause in the OBJECT-COMPUTER

paragraph of the Environment Division. See the Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/iTS TCP

and Terminal Programming Guide for more information about double-byte character

sets.

The following definitions apply to the SCREEN COBOL character set:

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Alphabetic characters include letters A through Z and space.

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Numeric characters include digits 0 through 9.

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Special characters include all characters except letters A through Z, space, and digits

0 through 9.

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The full ASCII character set can be used in comments and literals.

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Any valid double-byte character from the Shift-JIS character set (X 0208)

is allowed.

Table 2-1. SCREEN COBOL Character Set

0-9 Digits , Comma

A-Z Letters ; Semicolon

Space (blank) . Period (decimal point)

+ Plus sign " Quotation mark

– Minus sign (hyphen) ( Left parenthesis

* Asterisk ) Right parenthesis

/ Stroke (slash) > Greater than

= Equal sign < Less than

$ Currency sign @ Commercial at

Double-byte character

Note. Existing program units that do not use double-byte characters need not specify the

CHARACTER-SET IS KANJI-KATAKANA clause (even if 1-byte Katakana characters are

used). If a program unit specifies the CHARACTER-SET IS KANJI-KATAKANA clause, 1-byte

Katakana or 2-byte Katakana character sets (or both) are supported, depending on the

terminal. Your application can use whichever Katakana character set is supported by the

terminal; however, Kanji characters are only supported for program units that specify the

CHARACTER-SET IS KANJI-KATAKANA clause.