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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 Update 2 for Eclipse (Windows) > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List > CASE
Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 Update 2 for Eclipse (Windows) > General Reference > Compiler Directives > Run-time Behavior > Run-time Behavior - Compatibility with Other COBOL Dialects > CASE

CASE

Prevents external symbols (such as Program-ID and names of called programs) being converted to upper case.

Syntax:

>>-.---.-.----.--CASE----------------------><
   +-/-+ +-NO-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default: NOCASE (Windows) or CASE (UNIX)
Phase: Generate
$SET: Any

Comments:

CASE leaves the case of external symbols as is. This is useful if you are calling a program written in C, where names are case dependent.

NOCASE folds external symbols to upper case.

Parent topic: Run-time Behavior - Compatibility with Other COBOL Dialects
Parent topic: Compiler Directives - Alphabetical List
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