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General Reference
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COBOL Language Reference
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Part 3. Additional Topics
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Additional Dialect Support
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ACUCOBOL-GT Syntax Extensions
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Program Structure
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Identifiers
Identifiers
Identifiers can be up to 62 characters long.
Underscore "_" is treated as a dash "-" in identifiers.
Data names can have the same name as procedure names.
Index-name identifiers can be used on different tables in SEARCH statements.
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Program Structure