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Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V4.2 Programming Guide

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►► required_item ▼ repeatable_item ►◄If the repeat arrow contains a comma, you must separate repeated items with acomma:►► required_item ▼ ,repeatable_item►◄vvKeywords appear in uppercase (<strong>for</strong> example, FROM). They must be spelled exactlyas shown. Variables appear in lowercase italics (<strong>for</strong> example, column-name). Theyrepresent user-supplied names or values.If punctuation marks, parentheses, arithmetic operators, or other such symbolsare shown, you must enter them as part of the syntax.How examples are shownThis in<strong>for</strong>mation shows numerous examples of sample <strong>COBOL</strong> statements,program fragments, and small programs to illustrate the coding techniques beingdescribed. The examples of program code are written in lowercase, uppercase, ormixed case to demonstrate that you can write your programs in any of these ways.To more clearly separate some examples from the explanatory text, they arepresented in a monospace font.<strong>COBOL</strong> keywords and compiler options that appear in text are generally shown inSMALL UPPERCASE. Other terms such as program variable names are sometimesshown in an italic font <strong>for</strong> clarity.Accessing softcopy documentation and support in<strong>for</strong>mationIBM <strong>Enterprise</strong> <strong>COBOL</strong> <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong> provides PDF and BookManager ® versions of thelibrary on the product site at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/zos/library/.You can check that Web site <strong>for</strong> the latest editions. In the BookManager version ofa document, the content of some tables and syntax diagrams might be alignedimproperly due to variations in the display technology.Support in<strong>for</strong>mation is also available on the product site at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/zos/support/.xviii<strong>Enterprise</strong> <strong>COBOL</strong> <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong> <strong>V4.2</strong> <strong>Programming</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>

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