Micro FocusĀ Visual COBOLĀ 2.3 Update 2 for Visual Studio 2015
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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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Double-Byte Character Set Support
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Procedure Division
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The SEARCH Statement (DBCS)
The SEARCH Statement (DBCS)
Syntax Rules
In Format 2, if identifier-1 is of class DBCS, then the ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY item defined in its OCCURS clause must be of class DBCS also.
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Procedure Division