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EBCDIC
    and SEARCH ALL
Edited moves
    nonnumeric data
Editing
    numeric symbols
EDITING phrase
Editors
    See Developing programs
Elementary data items
    nonnumeric
Elementary moves
    nonnumeric
    numeric-edited
END-DISPLAY
END-DISPLAY phrase
END-SET ALIGNMENT directive
    syntax of
END-SET PADALIGN
END-SET VOLATILE directive
    syntax of
Entry point
    main
Environment variable
    accessing at run time
    COBOL_INPUT
    COBOL_OUTPUT
    compiler
        specifying directory for temporary files
    stdin
    stdout
    TMPDIR
Erasing
    a line on the terminal screen
    entire terminal screen
    to end of line on terminal screen
    to end of terminal screen
Error messages
    compiler
    linker
        See Linker messages
    REFORMAT Utility
    run-time
        See Run-time messages
Errors
    common HP COBOL command line
    compiler
        effect on linker
    I/O
    in arithmetic statements
    in MOVE statements
    in size
    inspecting data
    linker messages
    nonnumeric MOVE statements
    run-time
    run-time input/output
    STRING statements
    unstringing data
Exception condition
    definition
Executable programs
    creating using cobol command
    installing using Tru64 UNIX tools
Execution control
    transferring
EXIT PROGRAM statement
    use of
Extending files
    line sequential
    sequential
EXTENSION option
    value of integers
        compiler implementation specifications
Extensions, detecting foreign
EXTERNAL clause
    use of
External report file
    number of characters
        compiler implementation specifications


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