Area (n) is a variable describing a region of storage whose size in bytes is defined by the integer n. An area variable is a region of storage in which based variables can be allocated and freed. An area can be passed as an argument or it can be assigned to another area. It can also be transmitted in its entirety in a record I/O operation. No other operations, calculations, or conversions can be performed on area variables.
| Size | Alignment |
|---|---|
| n bytes rounded to 8 byte boundary, plus 8 byte header [ (((n+7)/8)*8)+8] bytes | 8 bytes |
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