Compaq COBOL
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S
SAME AREA clause
I-O-CONTROL paragraph
general rules for
syntax rules for
SAME RECORD AREA clause of the I-O-CONTROL paragraph
SAME SORT AREA clause of the I-O-CONTROL paragraph
Saved-Next-Group-Integer
Report Writer
Scope of names
definition
Scope of statements
Screen description entry
Screen Section of Data Division
SD
See Sort-merge file description entries
SD entries
SEARCH statement
Section header
definition
Section-name
definition
SECURE clause
seg-key
Segment-number
definition
Segmentation
Segmented key, defined
SELECT optional in FILE-CONTROL paragraph #1
SELECT optional in FILE-CONTROL paragraph #2
Semicolon, as a separator
Sentences, COBOL
compiler-directing
conditional
definition
imperative
Separately compiled program
definition
Separators
definition
Sequential files #1
Sequential files #2
default number of I-O buffers for
Sequential search of a table
Serial search of a table
SET statement
Shell variable status
Sign
default for unsigned operands
in arithmetic expressions
specifying position of
specifying representation of
SIGN clause
Sign condition
definition
Sign control symbols
in fixed insertion editing
in floating insertion editing
Simple condition
definition
Simple insertion editing
SIN intrinsic function
Size error condition
description of
evaluation of exponentiation
Sort-merge file description entries
clauses of
structure of
SORT statement
with table
Sorting records #1
Sorting records #2
using the RELEASE statement
using the RETURN statement
SOURCE clause
SOURCE-COMPUTER paragraph
definition
Source program
definition
Source program reference format
SPACE figurative constant
Spaces
as delimiters
arithmetic operators
of relational operators
as zero replacements
in file specification
Special character word
definition
Special insertion editing
SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph #1
SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph #2
definition
Special-purpose word
definition
Special registers #1
Special registers #2
Special registers #3
Special registers #4
Special registers #5
Special registers #6
definition
SQRT intrinsic function
Standard Alignment Rules
STANDARD-DEVIATION intrinsic function
START statement
Statements, COBOL
compiler-directing
conditional
definition
delimited-scope
delimiting
imperative
options of
Status Key 1
Status Key 2
status shell variable
$STATUS symbol
STOP statement
Storage allocation
for COMP SYNC items
for group items
major-minor technique
when multiple entries describe the same area
Storage format of a data item
STRING statement
Subscripting
basis for
in an identifier
SUBTRACT statement
Success/failure condition
definition
SUM clause
SUM intrinsic function
SUPPRESS statement
SWITCH clause
Switch-status condition
definition
Switches
specifying in SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph
Symbolic-character
definition
SYNCHRONIZED clause
Syntax rules
definition
purpose
System logicals
System-names
definition
T
Tab character
TAB key, use of in source file
Table handling
binary search for a table element
searching for a table element
sequential search for a table element
Table sort
Tables
defining (OCCURS clause)
rules for indexing
rules for subscripting
Tabs
in file specification
TAN intrinsic function
Technical note
definition
Terminal format
definition
TERMINATE statement
TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD intrinsic function
TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD intrinsic function
Testing
for the sign of a value
Text-name
definition
Text-word
definition
-tps
Transferring control in the Procedure Division
with CALL statement
with EXIT PROGRAM statement
with GO TO statement
with IF statement
with MERGE statement
with PERFORM statement
with READ statement
Truth value
definition
of conditional expressions
TYPE clause
U
Undefined results in a data-handling operation
UNDERLINE clause
Uniqueness of reference #1
Uniqueness of reference #2
UNLOCK statement
UNSTRING statement
UPPER-CASE intrinsic function
USAGE clause
USAGE IS BINARY-CHAR clause
USAGE IS BINARY-DOUBLE clause
USAGE IS BINARY-LONG clause
USAGE IS BINARY-SHORT clause
USAGE IS FLOAT-EXTENDED clause
USAGE IS FLOAT-LONG clause
USAGE IS FLOAT-SHORT clause
USAGE IS POINTER-64
USE AFTER EXCEPTION procedure
and invalid key condition
USE statement
User-defined words
definition
uniqueness of
USING phrase
of CALL statement
of Procedure Division header
of Procedure Division header