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1.000
8
Right
1,000
1
Null
Special, not "-"
COBFREE 1.000
8
Right
1,000
1
Null
Special, not "-"
No
No
HTML
1.000
8
Right
1,000
1
Null
Special
No
XML
1.000
8
Right
1,000
1
Null
Special
No
JAVA
1.000
8
Right
1,000
1
Null
Special, not "_"
No
QSL
1.000
8
Right
1,000
1
Null
Special, not "_"
No
COBOL and COBOLX are identical, except that COBOLX allows data to extend
into columns 73-80, while COBOL does not. This is a protection against compile
errors for those programmers who do not use columns 73-80 for comments. You can
force all COBOL files to be in COBOLX format by using
/set lang cobolx all on
This is useful when you are using Set X to tag program changes with a string or the
date. You can change from a non-COBOL to a COBOL language, if the highest line
number in your file is less than or equal to 999.999.
The COBOL and COBOLX languages follow the COBOL standards very carefully.
These standards describe the format of a statement. Most, if not all, compilers
support the standards. Some compilers, however, allow a source file to be in a
different format. Here is a quick summary of the differences between COBOL,
COBOLX and COBFREE:
COBOL
COBOLX
COBFREE
Line numbers
columns 1-6
columns 1-6
none
Control column
column 7
column 7
column 1
Statements
columns 8-72
columns 8-72
columns 1-1,000
Comments
none
columns 73-80
None
Starting column
7
7
1
Variable length
no
no
Yes
Record length
72
80
1,000
The Data Language setting defaults to 256 characters per record, but it can handle up
to 8,172 characters in a Wide-Jumbo workfile. In a workfile of Jumbo format, the
limit is actually 1,000. To use Data, your workfile must be in Jumbo or Wide-Jumbo
format, which supports longer lines and more of them (99,999,999 instead of
65,535). If a non-Jumbo workfile is open, you will have to shut it before you can use
Set Lang Data and create a new workfile. To check whether your open workfile is
Jumbo or not, use Verify Open. If you see "No Recall" in the display, you are using
an old workfile. If you see "Jumbo" or "W-Jumbo" after the Language value, you are
using a Jumbo file.
Because RPG is a column-oriented language, SMART searches on RPG source files
are performed in DUMB mode.
In FORTRAN, spaces in the middle of names have no significance (i.e.,
CUST BOOK is the same as CUSTBOOK).
If a workfile is empty, you can set the Language to anything you like.
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