RE: Copy book layout - can a compiler tell?

Thanks. The pointer to the COBOL Programmers Guide was very helpful. We
have version 3 of the COBOL/400 Users Guide on the shelf, and on page 44 is
the Data Division Map section.

Beautifully described in something even I - hopefully - can understand :)

Thanks again,

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Sent: 9. juli 2010 14:16
To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
Subject: Re: Copy book layout - can a compiler tell?


On 09/07/2010, at 8:52 PM, Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen wrote:

I read this as line number, level (renumbered), field name, _W_orking
_S_pace,

Actually Working Storage.

starting index (from where?),

Displacement from start of containing structure. Only for GROUP members.

length, type (AN=alpha numeric?,

Yes.

GROUP is a group, and elsewhere I've seen NE, ZONED, PACKED, BOOLN,
etc.),
I-name (internal location of variable information?), and attributes
(with
plenty more besides REDEFINES like INDICATOR, VALUE, DEVICE DATABASE
etc).
Does this happen to be officially documented anywhere? My Google-fu
did not
locate anything.

See the Understanding Compiler Output section of Chapter 3. in the
COBOL Programmer's Guide.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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