Level II COBOL Language Reference Manual Feb84

LEVEL II COBOL LANGUAGE REFERENCE MANUAL Version 2.0 Issue 6 Micro Focus Limited February 1984 i COBOL is an industry language and is not the property of any company or group of companies. or of any organization or group of organizations. No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by any contributor or by the CODASYL Programming Language Committee as 'to the accuracy and functioning of the programming system and language. Moreover, no responsibility is assumed by any contributor, or by the committee, in connection herewith. The authors and copyright holders of the copyrighted material used herein: FLOW-MATIC (Trademark for Sperry Rand Corporation) Programming for the Univac(R) I and II, Data Automation Systems copyrighted 1958, 1959, by Sperry Rand Corporation; IBM Commercial Translator Form No. F28-8013, copyrighted 1959 by IBM; FACT, DSI27 A5260-2760, copyrighted 1960 by Minneapolis-Honeywell. have specifically authorized the use of this material in whole or in part, in the COBOL specifications. Such authorization extends to the reproduction and use of COBOL specifications in programming manuals or similar publications. MICRO FOCUS 26 WEST STREET NEW8URY TELEPHONE ( 0 6 3 5 ) 3 2 6 4 6 (10 TEL E X 8 4 8"0 4 6 M I C R 0 F G BERKSHIRE RG13 1-.JT LINES) 3 2 5 9 5 (7 LINES] FAX (0635) 33966 M LEVEL II COBOI: (LEVEL II COBOL), FORMS-2 (ANIMATOR) are trademarks of Micro Focus IBM is a trademark of IBM Corporation ~ COPYRIGHT 1978, 1984 by Micro Focus Ltd. ii 1M (FORMS-2) , and 1M ANIMATOR LEVEL II COBOL LANGUAGE REFERENCE MANUAL AMENDMENT RECORD Issue Number Dated Inserted by Signature Date 2 Oc tober 1982 - Incorporated in this reprint - 3 December 1982 - Addendum incorporated in this reprint - 4 February 1983 - Addendum 2 incorporated in this reprint- S July 1983 - Incorporated in this reprint - 6 February 1984 - Typographical corrections - iii PREFACE This manual describes the LEVEL II COBOL language for programming microcomputers. LEVEL II COBOL is based on the ANSI COBOL standard X3.23 (1974) (see Acknowledgement). It also describes the additional LEVEL II COBOL features that exploit the capabilities of microprocessors. Each release of LEVEL II COBOL is characterized by a two-digit code in the form of "Version number". "Release number within version" Note: In the remainder of this manual the full product name LEVEL II COBOL is abbreviated to L/II COBOL. AUDIENCE This manual is intended for programmers already familiar with COBOL on other equipment. MANUAL ORGANIZATION Chapters 1 through 4 of the manual apply to all users and describe basic features of the language. Chapters 5 through 7 describe language features for programming the three file organization formats supported: sequential, relative and indexed. Chapters 8 through 11 apply to all users and describe additional features and facilities available with the standard language. The appendices supply reference information pertinent to al~ systemso Th…