Control Data Corporation 3300 Reference Manual page 285

Elements in MS COBOL not in USASI COBOL
Record Description Clauses (cont'd):
ZERO SUPPRESS
CHECK PROTECT
FLOAT DOLLAR SIGN
PROCEDURE DIVISION:
Conditional statement connectives or operators:
OTHERWISE
THEN
UNEQUAL
EQ
NQ
GR
LS
Alternate Methods Available in Both
Z used as replacement character in PICTURE
*
used as replacement character in PICTURE
currency symbol
($)
used as replacement
character in PICTURE
ELSE
; (semicolon)
NOT EQUAL TO or NOT
=
EQUAL TO or =
NOT EQUAL TO or NOT
=
GREATER or >
LESS or
<
Elements Common to MS and USASI COBOL
RESERVE
1
~Ot
1
~
ALTERNATE AREA
In
eger- \
clause in FILE-CONTROL
For M8 COBOL:
For USASI COBOL:
NO
1
2
H-2
Produces no buffering
Produces single buffering
(or clause omitted)
Produces double buffering
NO
1
2
(or clause omitted)
Produces no buffering for unblocked files
Produces single buffering for unblocked
files and double buffering for blocked
sequential files
Produces double buffering for blocked
and unblocked sequential files
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