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Abbreviated combined relation conditions
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    definition
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ACCEPT statement
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    reference to devices
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ACCESS MODE clause
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ACOS intrinsic function
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ADD statement
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Additional reference
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    definition
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Alignment and padding
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Alignment, effect of SYNC clause
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ALL literal
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Alpha data alignment
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ALPHABET clause
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Alphabet-name
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    definition
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ALPHABETIC test
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alt-key
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ALTER statement
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ALTERNATE RECORD KEY clause
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    -relax_key_checking
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ANNUITY intrinsic function
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ANSI source reference format
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    definition
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APPLY clause #1
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APPLY clause #2
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ARGCOUNT intrinsic function
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Arithmetic
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    standard
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Arithmetic expressions
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    composition of
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    data items in
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    definition
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    evaluation of
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    literals in
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    operators in
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    use of parentheses in
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    use of sign in
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Arithmetic, native
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Arithmetic, native and standard #1
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Arithmetic, native and standard #2
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Arithmetic operations
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    multiple receiving fields
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    restrictions for operands
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    rounding off results
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    storing partial results
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Arithmetic operators
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    definition
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Arithmetic, standard
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Arithmetic, standard intermediate data item
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/ARITHMETIC=STANDARD qualifier
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Arithmetic statements
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    definition
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ASCENDING clause
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ASCII character set #1
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ASCII character set #2
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ASIN intrinsic function
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ASSIGN clause
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At end condition
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    definition
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ATAN intrinsic function
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AUTHOR paragraph
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AUTO clause
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Automatic record locking
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BACKGROUND-COLOR clause
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BELL clause
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Binary search
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    of a table
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BINARY usage
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BLANK clause
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Blank lines
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BLANK WHEN ZERO clause
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BLANK WHEN ZEROES
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Blanks
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    in file specification
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BLINK clause
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Block
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    definition
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    related to a record
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BLOCK CONTAINS clause
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Body Group Presentation Rules, table
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Boundary equivalence
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Bucket
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    definition
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    related to physical record
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CALL statement
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Called programs
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    Linkage Section of
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    Procedure Division header of
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CANCEL statement
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Categories of data items
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CHAR intrinsic function
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Character sets
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    and collating sequence
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    ASCII #1
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    ASCII #2
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    ASCII #3
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    COBOL
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    computer
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    EBCDIC
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    in ALPHABET clause
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    Native
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character-string
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    definition
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Character transfer
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    using the STRING statement
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    using the UNSTRING statement
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/CHECK=BOUNDS qualifier
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/CHECK=DUPLICATE_KEYS qualifier #1
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/CHECK=DUPLICATE_KEYS qualifier #2
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Class condition
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    definition
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Class-name
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    definition
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CLOSE statement
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cobcall routine
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cobcancel routine
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cobfunc routine
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COBOL character set
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    definition
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COBOL language elements
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COBOL word
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    definition
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CODE clause
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CODE-SET clause
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Collating sequence
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    in ALPHABET clause
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    specifying in a COBOL program
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    when merging files
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Colon
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COLUMN NUMBER clause
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Combined condition
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    definition
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Combining files
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    See Merging files
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Comma, as a separator #1
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Comma, as a separator #2
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Command line arguments
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    syntax
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Comment lines
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COMP SYNC data items
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Comparing operands
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    when alphabetic
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    when nonnumeric
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    when numeric #1
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    when numeric #2
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Compatibility
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    ASSIGN TO unquoted string
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    case sensitivity
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    /CHECK=DUPLICATE #1
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    /CHECK=DUPLICATE #2
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    descriptor
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    parameter passing
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    spaces in file specs
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    tabs in file specs
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    VALUE OF ID environment variable
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    VALUE OF ID logical
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Compile-time environment, documenting
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Compiler-directing sentence
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Compiler-directing statement
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    definition
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Compiler options
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    /NATIONALITY=JAPAN #1
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    /NATIONALITY=JAPAN #2
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    -nationality japan #1
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    -nationality japan #2
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    -tps
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Complex condition
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    definition
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COMPUTATIONAL-1 usage
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COMPUTATIONAL-2 usage
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COMPUTATIONAL-3 usage
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COMPUTATIONAL-5 usage
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COMPUTATIONAL usage
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COMPUTATIONAL-x usage
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COMPUTE statement
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Condition-name
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    condition
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        definition
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Condition-name condition
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Condition-names
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    associating values with #1
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    associating values with #2
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    definition
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    in general formats and rules
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    in SWITCH clause
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    qualifying
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Conditional compilation lines #1
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Conditional compilation lines #2
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Conditional expressions
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    class condition
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    combining
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    complex conditions
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    condition-name
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    definition
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    evaluation of
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    negating
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    relation condition
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    sign condition
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    success/failure condition
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    switch-status condition
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Conditional sentence
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Conditional statement
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    definition
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Conditional variables
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    definition
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    relation to condition-names
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Configuration Section
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    definition
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CONTINUE statement
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CONTROL clause
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COPY statement
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CORRESPONDING phrase
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    for arithmetic statements
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    for the MOVE statement
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COS intrinsic function
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Counting characters in a data item
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CRT status
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    specifying CRT status
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CRT STATUS IS clause
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CURRENCY SIGN clause
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CURRENCY SIGN IS literal-7 clause
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CURRENT-DATE intrinsic function
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Cursor
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    specifying cursor address
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CURSOR IS clause
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