Reference section Reserved words
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is indicated by / in column 7.
Continuation line
Entries exceeding column 72 can be continued in a new lines line that must s tart
with a hyphen in column 7.
Uppercase
The COBOL compiler accepts uppercase letters onl y.
Column conventions
Each of the three languages is made up of clauses.
Clauses are generally written starting at colum n 12.
Entries starting at column 8 are:
– the first clause of an entry,
– the MEMBER clause;
and in the subschema DDL
– the first line of a division,
– the first line of a section,
– level number 01.
The syntax description of each language star ts with an overview of the entries and their
clauses.
Reserved words
For the list of reserved words, see the reserved word list of the COBOL version that you are
using in the manual "COBOL2000 (BS2000/OSD) - Reference manual".