Example of special-names - configuration section, COBOL Programming

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Example of Special-names:

Consider the illustration: Let the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph be as shown:

SPECIAL-NAMES. CHANNEL 1 IS PAGE-TOP.

The Channel is related with the top of the page. Whereas instructing the computer to write a line on the line printer, the programmer may like to state that the line should be printed as the first line on a new page. This may be completed by involving the ADVANCE TO CHANNEL 1 clause in the write statement. The aim of the special name clause illustrated above is to enable the programmer to substitute CHANNEL 1 by PAGE-TOP in the ADVANCING clause. The idea is to give better documentation. If one favors to use CHANNEL 1 in the write statement, then the special name entry is not needed.

 

 


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