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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > COBOL Language Reference > Part 2. Program Definition > Procedure Division > Conditional Expressions > Simple Conditions > Relation Condition > Comparisons Involving Data Items with USAGE OBJECT (Relation Condition)

Comparisons Involving Data Items with USAGE OBJECT (Relation Condition)

You can compare two object references to see if they refer to the same object.

General Format


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Syntax Rules

  1. Only one operand in the comparison can be the figurative constant NULL.

General Rules

  1. The operands are equal if they identify the same object, otherwise they are unequal.
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