Language Reference

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Index

Appendix A: Syntax Summary for COBOL Features

• A.1 General Format for Identification Division
• A.2 General Format for Environment Division
  • A.2.1 General Format for File-Control Entry
    • A.2.1.1 Record Sequential Files
    • A.2.1.2 Line Sequential Files
    • A.2.1.3 Relative Files
    • A.2.1.4 Indexed Files
    • A.2.1.5 Sort-Merge Files
• A.3 General Format for Data Division
  • A.3.1 General Format for File Description Entry
    • A.3.1.1 Record Sequential Files
    • A.3.1.2 Line Sequential Files
    • A.3.1.3 Relative and Indexed Files
    • A.3.1.4 Sort-Merge Files
    • A.3.1.5 Report File
  • A.3.2 General Format for Data Description Entry
  • A.3.3 General Format for Report Description Entry
  • A.3.4 General Format for Report Group Description Entry
  • A.3.5 General Format for Screen Description Entry
• A.4 General Format for Intrinsic Functions
• A.5 General Format for Procedure Division
  • A.5.1 Declarative Format
  • A.5.2 Non-Declarative Format
  • A.5.3 The PROCEDURE DIVISION Header
• A.6 General Format for Verbs
  • A.6.1 General Format for COPY Statement
  • A.6.2 General Format for REPLACE Statement
• A.7 General Format for Object COBOL Language Extensions
  • A.7.1 Class Definition
  • A.7.2 Class Extension
  • A.7.3 Class-body
  • A.7.4 Class-object
  • A.7.5 Object-program
  • A.7.6 Method
  • A.7.7 Method Interface Definition
• A.8 General Format for Conditions
  • A.8.1 Relation Condition
  • A.8.2 Class Condition
  • A.8.3 Sign Condition
  • A.8.4 Condition-Name-Condition
  • A.8.5 Switch-Status Condition
  • A.8.6 Negated Simple Condition
  • A.8.7 Combined Condition
  • A.8.8 Abbreviated Combined Relation Condition
  • A.8.9 Pointer Condition
  • A.8.10 Procedure-Pointer Condition
  • A.8.11 Object Relation Condition
• A.9 Miscellaneous Formats
  • A.9.1 Qualification
  • A.9.2 Subscripting and Indexing
  • A.9.3 Function-Identifier
  • A.9.4 Identifier
  • A.9.5 Reference Modification