Control Data Corporation 3300 Reference Manual page 200

COBOL Coding Sheet Rules
Element
Type Division
Reference Area Remarks
rn"ision -name ALL
Area A Name must be followed by a
period; remainder of the line
must be blank.
Section-name
ENVIRONMENT Area A
Name must be followed by a
Name
DATA space, the word SECTION,
PROCEDURE priority if specified, and a
period; remainder of the line
must be blank, or contain a USE
sentence.
I
I
Paragraph-
I
IDENTIFICATION I Area A Name must be followed by a
I
I
name
I
ENVIRONMENT period and at least one space.
PROCEDURE
Text may follow on same line or
at column 12 on next line.
File Description DATA Area A DescriptIons begin with level
Sort Description indicator, FD, SD, or RD,
Report Description
two or more spaces separate it
Data from data name. Clauses are
Description separated by one or more
Entry spaces.
Record Description DATA Area A or Same as file description entry.
Report Element Area B
Level number 01-49, 66, 77 and
Description 88. Only 01, 77 entries may begin
in Area A.
First sentence IDENTIFICATION
Following period
of a paragraph ENVIRONMENT and 1 space after
or section
PROCEDURE
paragraph or
Sentence section name, or
on next line in
Area B.
All other
IDENTIFICATION
Following period Sentences may be written in
sentences
ENVIRONMENT and 1 space after
columns 12 through 72 only.
PROCEDURE the previous
sentence.
Data description DATA Area B
Line breaks may occur at any
entry
convenient point, with spaces at
end of line if desired. If a word
Continued Sentence
IDENTIFICATION
Area B or literal is split between two
Elements
ENVIRONMENT
lines, a hyphen must be specified
PROCEDURE in column 7 of the second line.
Sequence ALL Sequence Area
Sequence number does not affect
Number
the object program; processor
Non-Program does check for correct sequencing.
Entry
Program Ident- ALL Identification Area Identification information does
ification
not affect object program.
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