Compaq COBOL
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D
Data description entry
    definition
    elements of
    skeleton
Data Division
    entries
Data-handling operations
    undefined results
        from incompatible data
        from operand overlap
Data items
    assigning initial values to
    categories of #1
    categories of #2
    characteristics of #1
    characteristics of #2
    classes of
    contents and class incompatibility
    default initial values
    default USAGE of
    in arithmetic expressions
    index
    naming
    nonstandard data positioning in
    storage format for
Data-name
    definition
    in an identifier
Data-name clause
DATA RECORDS clause
Data transfer
    positioning rules for
    using the MOVE statement
DATE-COMPILED paragraph
DATE-OF-INTEGER intrinsic function
DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD intrinsic function
DAY-OF-INTEGER intrinsic function
DAY-TO-YYYYDDD intrinsic function
Decimal point
    specifying as comma
DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA clause
Declarative procedures
    referencing with the USE statement
Declaratives
    definition
DEFERRED-WRITE
DEFERRED-WRITE phrase of the APPLY clause
DELETE statement
Delimited-scope statement
    definition
DESCENDING clause
DISPLAY statement
    reference to devices
    usage
DIVIDE statement
Division by zero
Division header
    definition
Divisions
    definition
Duplicate keys check #1
Duplicate keys check #2
DUPLICATES phrase
E
EBCDIC character set
Editing rules
    for PICTURE clause
Editing symbols
    in PICTURE clause
Elementary data items
    alternative groupings of
    definition
Embedded spaces
    in file specification
END PROGRAM header
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
    syntax and general rules
Environment variables
ERASE clause
Error handling
    with the USE statement
EVALUATE statement
Example
    definition
EXIT PROGRAM statement
EXIT statement
Exponentiation
    results when invalid
EXTENSION phrase of the APPLY clause
EXTERNAL clause
External data
    definition
F
FAB
    See File access block
FACTORIAL intrinsic function
FD
    See File description
FD entries
Figurative constants
    definition
    HIGH-VALUE
    LOW-VALUE
    QUOTE
    SPACE
    symbolic-character
File access
File access block (FAB)
File connector
    definition
FILE-CONTROL
    ASSIGN
    BLOCK CONTAINS
    CODE-SET
    definition
    LOCK MODE
    ORGANIZATION
    PADDING CHARACTER
    paragraph
    RECORD DELIMITER
    RESERVE
File description
    clauses of
    complete entry skeleton
    function of entry
    structure of
File formats
    Indexed #1
    Indexed #2
    Line Sequential #1
    Line Sequential #2
    Relative #1
    Relative #2
    Sequential #1
    Sequential #2
File mapping
File name
    assigning file specification to
File-name
    definition
File optimization
File organization #1
File organization #2
    Indexed
    Line Sequential
    Relative
    Sequential
File Section of Data Division
File specification
    assigning to a file-name
        using VALUE OF ID clause
        with ASSIGN clause
    Spaces in
    Tabs in
File status
    data item
    /STANDARD=85 values
    /STANDARD=V3 values
    values
FILE STATUS clause
File structure in a COBOL program
Files
    Indexed
    Line Sequential
    Relative
    Sequential
Fill bytes, def
FILL-SIZE phrase of the APPLY clause
FILLER
Fixed insertion editing
Fixed-length records
Fixed segment
    definition
Floating insertion editing
Floating-point literal
    definition
FOREGROUND-COLOR clause
Format
    of print files
    record (RECORD clause)
FROM phrase
FULL clause
Function-identifier
Function-name
Function-names
Functions
    definition
Functions, intrinsic
    See Intrinsic functions
G
General format
    definition
    function of
General rule
    definition
GENERATE statement
Generic term
    definition
GLOBAL clause
Global data
    definition
GO TO statement
Group data item
    definition
GROUP INDICATE clause
Group moves
G_FLOATING
H
Hexadecimal literal
    definition
HIGH-VALUE figurative constant #1
HIGH-VALUE figurative constant #2
HIGHLIGHT clause
Horizontal tab
I
I-O-CONTROL
    definition
    paragraph
I-O File status values
    /STANDARD=85 qualifier (tab.)
    /STANDARD=85 values
    /STANDARD=V3 qualifier (tab.)
    /STANDARD=V3 values
I-O status
    See Input-output
IDENT clause
Identification Division
    syntax and general rules for
Identifier, defined
IF statement
Imperative sentence
Imperative statement
    definition
/INCLUDE qualifier
Indentation, relation to level-numbers
Independent segment
    definition
Index data item
    comparing
    defining in program
Index-names
    comparing
    definition
    rules
    storing value of in a data item
INDEX SYNC data items
INDEX usage
Indexed files #1
Indexed files #2
    default number of I-O buffers for
    duplicate key #1
    duplicate key #2
    starting position in
Indexes
    setting values for #1
    setting values for #2
Indexing
    basis for
    in an identifier
Initialization of data item values
    in Linkage Section
    in Working-Storage Section
INITIALIZE statement
    with group and elementary items
INITIATE statement
Input-output
    of low-volume data #1
    of low-volume data #2
    specifying buffers for
    status
        values for
INPUT-OUTPUT Section
    definition
INSPECT statement
INTEGER intrinsic function
INTEGER-OF-DATE intrinsic function
INTEGER-OF-DAY intrinsic function
INTEGER-PART intrinsic function
Intermediate data item
    definition
INTO phrase, of I-O statements
Intrinsic functions
    ACOS
    ANNUITY
    ARGCOUNT
    ASIN
    ATAN
    CHAR
    COS
    CURRENT-DATE
    date manipulation
    DATE-OF-INTEGER
    DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD
    DAY-OF-INTEGER
    DAY-TO-YYYYDDD
    FACTORIAL
    function types
        alphanumeric
        integer
        numeric
    INTEGER
    INTEGER-OF-DATE
    INTEGER-OF-DAY
    INTEGER-PART
    LENGTH
    LOG
    LOG10
    LOWER-CASE
    MAX
    MEAN
    MEDIAN
    MIDRANGE
    MIN
    MOD
    NUMVAL
    NUMVAL-C
    ORD
    ORD-MAX
    ORD-MIN
    other
    PRESENT-VALUE
    RANDOM
    RANGE
    relational
    REM
    REVERSE
    scientific/mathematical
    SIN
    SQRT
    STANDARD-DEVIATION
    statistical/accounting
    string manipulation
    SUM
    table
    TAN
    TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD
    TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD
    UPPER-CASE
    VARIANCE
    WHEN-COMPILED
    YEAR-TO-YYYY
Invalid key condition


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