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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > COBOL Language Reference > Part 1. Concepts > Language Fundamentals > Data Division > State of a Function, Method, Object or Program > State of a Function, Method or Program > Initial and Last-used States of Data > Last-used State

Last-used State

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Static and external data are the only data that are in the last-used state. External data is always in the last-used state except when the run unit is activated. Static data is in the last-used state except when it is in the initial state as defined above.

Parent topic: Initial and Last-used States of Data
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