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2.2.3
SPECIAL NAMES
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This paragraph assigns special control characters and implementor names to
user defined mnemonic names. Two clauses permit the specification of non-
standard currency conventions. If none of these features is required, this
paragraph may be omitted.
Format 1:
SPECIAL-NAMES. COpy statement.
Format 1 is used only when the COBOL library contains the entire description
of all SPECIAL-NAMES used in the program. The COpy statement is des-
cribed in section 6.1.
Format 2:
SPECIAL-NAMES. [implementor-name IS mnemonic-name] ...
[, literal IS mnemonic-name]
[, CURRENCY SIGN IS literal]
[, DECIMAL-POINT IS COMMA].
Each mnemonic name defined under SPECIAL-NAMES must be unique within
the source program.
implementor-name IS mnemonic-name
Implementor names are restricted to the following hardware names:
SYSTEM -INPUT
SYSTEM -OUTPUT
SYSTEM-PUNCH
CONSOLE
Mnemonic names must be used in references to system files or the console in
an ACCEPT or DISPLAY statement in the Procedure Division.
literal IS mnemonic-name
The non-numeric literal is a one-character identifier used in either of the
following:
carriage control in the WRITE ADVANCING mnemonic-name LINES
statement
record prefix code in the CODE clause of the Report Description
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