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

Data Type Correspondence and Return Value Sizes
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F-4
Table F-4. Character Types
Character Character String
Varying Length
Character String
C signed char
unsigned char
pointer to char struct {
int len;
char val [n]
};
COBOL Alphabetic
Numeric DISPLAY
Alphanumeric-Edited
Alphanumeric
Numeric-Edited
Alphabetic
Numeric DISPLAY
Alphanumeric-Edited
Alphanumeric
Numeric-Edited
01 name.
03 len USAGE IS
NATIVE-2 [1]
03 val PIC X(n).
FORTRAN CHARACTER CHARACTER array
CHARACTER*n
—
Pascal CHAR or BYTE value
parameter
Enumeration, unpacked,
ð 256 members
Subrange, unpacked n…m,
0 ð n and m ð 255
PACKED ARRAY OF
CHAR
FSTRING(n)
STRING(n)
SQL PIC X
CHAR
CHAR(n)
PIC X(n)
VARCHAR(n)
TAL STRING STRING array —
Return
Value
Size
(Words)
1 1 or 2, depends
on declared
pointer size
1 or 2, depends
on declared
pointer size
[1] COBOL85 only.
Table F-5. Structured, Logical, Set, and File Type (page 1 of 2)
Byte-
Addressed
Structure
Word-
Addressed
Structure
Logical (true
or false) Boolean Set File
C— struct— ———
COBOL — 01-level
RECORD
————
FORTRAN RECORD — LOGICAL [1] — — —
Pascal RECORD,
byte-aligned
RECORD,
word-aligned
— BOOLEAN Set File
[1] LOGICAL is normally defined as 2 bytes. The LOGICAL*2 and LOGICAL*4 compiler directives redefine
LOGICAL.
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