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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List > IDENTIFIERLEN
Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Language Features > Language Features - Mainframe Compatibility > IDENTIFIERLEN

IDENTIFIERLEN

Specifies the portion of an identifier name that the compiler will consider to be significant.

Syntax:

>>-----IDENTIFIERLEN--"integer"------><

Parameters:

integer
The number of characters or bytes of an identifier name to use as a unique identifier. Valid values are:
30
Use the first 30 characters
31
Use the first 31 characters
62
Use the first 62 bytes
128
Use the first 128 bytes

Properties:

Default: IDENTIFIERLEN"128"
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Initial

Comments:

The internal space constraints of some multi-byte character sets mean that some integers are expressed in bytes, not characters. A character is considered to be an ASCII, UTF-16, or SHIFT-JIS/EUC character. If the identifiers are UTF-8 encoded, then integer indicates number of bytes.

Parent topic: Language Features - Mainframe Compatibility
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List
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