November 1998
Beginner
496 pages
14h 6m
English
Content preview from Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours
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Index
Symbols
( ) (parentheses), 132
* (asterisk), 49
+ (positive), 49
- (negative), 49
. (decimal point), 49
0 (zero character), 49, 51, 89
21 File Status error, 270, 272
24 File Status error, 284
39 File Status error, 284
43 File Status error, 272
48 File Status error, 270
88 level items (condition names), 136–140
A
A-0 programming language, 11
abbreviating complex conditional statements, 133
Accept statement, 62–63, 96–98
attributes, 64
date, 108
Day clause, 368
Exit Program clause, 413
From Date clause, 368
Gregorian calendar, 97
Julian calendar, 97
screen descriptions, 69
Special-Names paragraph, 97
terminating, 70
values, 71–72
accessing
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