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Local-Storage Section

The Local-Storage Section contains descriptions of data items used by nested programs.

General Format:

       [ LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION. ] 
              [ ls-data-level ls-data-description ] …

Syntax:

The clauses supported by the data description are described in the Data Description section.

General Rules:

  1. ls-data-level is a data level number between 01 and 49 (inclusive), 66, 77, 78, or 88. For more information about data level numbers, see the Data Level Numbers section.
  2. ls-data-description describes the format and size of a data item that is used by the nested program .
  3. The general rules for the Local Storage Section are the same as the General Rules for the Working-Storage Section except that the data items in Local Storage Section are always initialized when the program is CALL’ed.
  4. LOCAL-STORAGE is allocated in on e contiguous block of memory . Prior to version 3.8, each 01 level was allocated as a separated block).