Compaq COBOL
Reference Manual

N
Name scoping
definition
Naming
a COBOL program
files in a COBOL program #1
files in a COBOL program #2
National literals #1
National literals #2
National literals (ex.)
/NATIONALITY=JAPAN #1
/NATIONALITY=JAPAN #2
/NATIONALITY=JAPAN #3
/NATIONALITY=JAPAN #4
-nationality japan #1
-nationality japan #2
Native character set
Negated combined condition
definition
Negated simple condition
definition
Next executable statement
definition
NEXT GROUP clause
Nonnumeric data transfer
Nonnumeric literal
definition
NOT ON SIZE ERROR phrase
description of
Numeric data item
maximum number of digit positions
Numeric data transfer
Numeric edited data item
maximum number of digit positions
Numeric literals
definition
scientific notation
NUMERIC test
NUMVAL-C intrinsic function
NUMVAL intrinsic function
O
OBJECT-COMPUTER paragraph #1
OBJECT-COMPUTER paragraph #2
definition
OCCURS clause
related to subscripting
ON EXCEPTION phrase
for ACCEPT statement
for CALL statement
ON SIZE ERROR phrase
description of
OPEN statement
effect on LINAGE values
Optional word
definition
OPTIONS paragraph
Oracle CDD/Repository Data Types and Compaq COBOL Equivalents
ORD intrinsic function
ORD-MAX intrinsic function
ORD-MIN intrinsic function
ORGANIZATION clause
Overlapping operands
P
PACKED-DECIMAL usage
Padding
for Alpha alignment
PADDING CHARACTER clause
PAGE clause
PAGE-COUNTER option
definition
PAGE FOOTING Group Presentation Rules, table
PAGE HEADING Group Presentation Rules, table
Paragraph
definition
Paragraph header
definition
Paragraph-name
definition
Parentheses
in arithmetic expressions #1
in arithmetic expressions #2
PERFORM statement
Period
as separator
Physical data
characteristics
PICTURE character-strings
PICTURE clause #1
PICTURE clause #2
currency symbol
editing methods
symbol precedence rules
POINTER-64
POINTER SYNC data items
POINTER usage
Preallocation of disk blocks
PREALLOCATION phrase of the APPLY clause
PRESENT-VALUE intrinsic function
PRINT command
for LINAGE files
/NOFEED qualifier
PRINT-CONTROL phrase of the APPLY clause
Print file
format #1
format #2
Procedure Division
transfer of control within
USING phrase
Program execution
terminating with STOP statement
PROGRAM-ID paragraph
Program-name
definition
Pseudo-text
delimiter
Q
Qualification
definition
in an identifier
Qualifiers
definition
/INCLUDE
Quotation marks
QUOTE figurative constant
R
RAB
See Record access block
RANDOM intrinsic function
RANGE intrinsic function
RD entries
READ statement
Record
as a logical concept
as a physical concept
defining length of
deleting from files
when manually locked
unit of transfer for
Record access
using the READ statement
using the RELEASE statement
using the RETURN statement
using the START statement
Record access block (RAB)
Record allocation
RECORD clause
RECORD DELIMITER clause
Record description
function of entry
hierarchical structure
level-numbers
RECORD KEY clause
Record locking
automatic
manual
Record-name
definition
RECORD statement
Record transfer
using the WRITE statement
Recoverable files
ROLLBACK
REDEFINES clause
Reference modification
Relation condition
definition
Relational operators
definitions
Relative files #1
Relative files #2
default number of I-O buffers for
starting position in
Release notes
where to find
RELEASE statement
REM intrinsic function
Removal operations for file media
RENAMES clause
REPLACE statement
Replacing characters in a data item
Replacing records (with REWRITE statement)
REPORT clause
Report description entry
REPORT FOOTING Group Presentation Rules, table
Report group description
REPORT HEADING Group Presentation Rules, table
Report-name
definition
Report Section of Data Division
Report Writer
organization
Report Writer presentation rules, tables
REQUIRED clause
Required words
definition
RERUN clause of the I-O-CONTROL paragraph
general rules for
syntax rules for
RESERVE clause
Reserved words
definition
list of
/RESERVED_WORDS=200X
/RESERVED_WORDS=FOREIGN_EXTENSIONS
/RESERVED_WORDS=[NO]XOPEN
Resultant identifiers
definition
function of
RETURN-CODE special register #1
RETURN-CODE special register #2
RETURN-CODE special register #3
RETURN key, to shorten source lines
RETURN statement
REVERSE intrinsic function
REVERSE-VIDEO clause
Rewind operations for file media
REWRITE statement
RMS
file extension
RMS-CURRENT-FILENAME register
definition
RMS-CURRENT-STS register
definition
RMS-CURRENT-STV register
definition
RMS-FILENAME item
definition
ROLLBACK
Rounding off arithmetic results
Run-time environment, documenting