Cobol Coding Sheet - Control Data Corporation 3300 Reference Manual

7.1.1
COBOL CODING
SHEET
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Specifications for the source program are written on COBOL coding sheets
according to the formats contained in this manual.
All division names, section names, and paragraph names start in area A of
the coding sheet. Division names are followed by a period and the rest of the
line must be blank. Section names are followed by the word SECTION and a
period. The remainder of the line is blank, except
if
the section is a DE-
CLARATIVE, it may be followed by a USE or COpy sentence. Paragraph
names are followed by a period and at least one space. The text may follow
or may start in area B of the next line.
The level indicators: FD, SD,
RD,
the level numbers: 01 and 77 begin in
area A. They are followed by one or more spaces and the associated entry.
All other level numbers begin in area B followed by a space and associated
entry.
Sequence numbers, if specified, are in the sequence number area. Program
identification is placed in the identification code area. Lines may be broken
at any convenient point, spaces may remain at the end of the line. When a
word or a numeric literal is split between two lines, a hyphen must be specified
in column 7 of the second line, (continuation area). If a non-numeric literal is
split between t\vo lines, a quotation mark must be specified in area B of the
second line in addition to a continuation hyphen in column 7 of the second line.
In this case only, the blanks at the end of the first line are conSidered part of
the literal.
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