8.1.5 "COBOL Language Reference" IBM Library Server

X 8.1.5 DELETE Statement

X The DELETE statement is an extended source library statement. It removes
X COBOL statements from the source program included by a BASIS statement.


 X  ___ Format _____________________________________________________________ 
 X |                                                                        |
 X | >>__ _________________ __DELETE__sequence-number-field______________>< |
 X |     |_sequence-number_|                                                |
   |                                                                        |
   |________________________________________________________________________|

X sequence-number

X Can optionally appear in columns 1 through 6, followed by a space.
X The content of this field is ignored.

X DELETE

X Can appear anywhere within columns 1 through 72. It must be followed
X by a space and the sequence-number-field. There must be no other text
X in the statement.

X sequence-number-field

X Each number must be equal to a sequence-number in the BASIS source
X program. This sequence-number is the 6-digit number the programmer
X assigns in columns 1 through 6 of the COBOL coding form. The numbers
X referenced in the sequence-number-fields of any INSERT or DELETE
X statements must always be specified in ascending numeric order.

X The sequence-number-field must be any one of the following:

X A single number
X A series of single numbers
X A range of numbers (indicated by separating the two bounding
X numbers of the range by a hyphen)
X A series of ranges of numbers
X Any combination of one or more single numbers and one or more
X ranges of numbers

X Each entry in the sequence-number-field must be separated from the
X preceding entry by a comma followed by a space. For example:

X 000250 DELETE 000010-000050, 000400, 000450

X Source program statements can follow a DELETE statement. These source
X program statements are then inserted into the BASIS source program before
X the statement following the last statement deleted (that is, in the
X example above, before the next statement following deleted statement
X 000450).

X If a DELETE statement is specified, beginning in column 12 or higher, and
X a valid sequence-number-field does not follow the key word DELETE, the
X compiler assumes that this DELETE statement is the COBOL DELETE statement.

X New source program statements following the DELETE statement can include
X DBCS or EUC data items.

X Note: If INSERT or DELETE statements are used to modify the COBOL source
X program provided by a BASIS statement, the sequence field of the COBOL
X source program must contain numeric sequence-numbers in ascending order.
X The source file remains unchanged. Any INSERT or DELETE statements
X referring to these sequence-numbers must occur in ascending order.

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X 8.1.5 DELETE Statement

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