Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+, Pathway/iTS 1.0+)

Contents
Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual—426750-001
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2. SCREEN COBOL Source Program (continued)
2. SCREEN COBOL Source Program (continued)
Language Elements 2-3
SCREEN COBOL Character Set
2-4
Editing Characters
2-5
Punctuation Characters
2-5
Separators
2-6
SCREEN COBOL Words
2-6
Literals
2-7
Mixed Data Items
2-10
Reference Format
2-10
Tandem Standard Reference Format
2-11
ANSI Standard Reference Format
2-11
Comment Lines
2-12
Continuation Lines
2-13
Compiler Command Lines
2-13
Arithmetic Operations
2-13
Arithmetic Expressions
2-13
Arithmetic Operators
2-14
Evaluation of Expressions
2-15
Conditional Expressions
2-18
Simple Conditions
2-18
Complex Conditions
2-21
Condition Evaluation Rules
2-23
Tables
2-24
Data Reference
2-25
Qualification
2-25
Subscripting
2-26
Using Identifiers
2-28
Using Condition-Names
2-28
Data Representation
2-29
Standard Alignment
2-29
Optional Alignment
2-29