GnuCOBOL Quick Reference

This documentation is published by OCamlPro SAS on our resources page for GnuCOBOL.

Authors:

• Gary L. Cutler (cutlergl@gmail.com).

• For updates Vincent B. Coen (vbcoen@gmail.com).

Documentation

• Copyright
• 1 CDF
  • CDF CALL-CONVENTION Statement Syntax
  • CDF COPY Statement Syntax
  • CDF COPY Phrase-Clause Syntax
  • CDF COPY String-Clause Syntax
  • CDF REPLACE Statement (Format 1) Syntax
  • CDF REPLACE Statement (Format 2) Syntax
  • CDF REPLACE Phrase-Clause Syntax
  • CDF REPLACE String-Clause Syntax
  • CDF >>DEFINE Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>IF Directive Syntax
  • CDF-Conditional-Expression Syntax
  • CDF-RelOp Syntax
  • CDF >>SET Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>SOURCE Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>TURN Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>D Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>DISPLAY Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>PAGE Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>LISTING Directive Syntax
  • CDF >>LEAP-SECONDS Directive Syntax
  • CDF $ Directives Syntax
  • CDF Predefined Compilation Variables Syntax
• 2 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION Syntax
  • IDENTIFICATION DIVISION Syntax
  • PROGRAM-ID Type Clause Syntax
• 3 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION Syntax
  • ENVIRONMENT DIVISION Syntax
  • CONFIGURATION SECTION Syntax
  • SOURCE-COMPUTER Syntax
  • OBJECT-COMPUTER Syntax
  • SPECIAL-NAMES Syntax
  • REPOSITORY Syntax
  • SPECIAL-NAMES Alphabet-Clause Syntax
  • SPECIAL-NAMES ALPHABET Literal-Clause Syntax
  • SPECIAL-NAMES Class-Definition-Clause Syntax
  • SPECIAL-NAMES Switch-Definition-Clause Syntax
  • SPECIAL-NAMES-Symbolic-Characters-Clause Syntax
  • INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION Syntax
  • I-O-CONTROL MULTIPLE FILE Syntax
  • I-O-CONTROL SAME AREA Syntax
  • SELECT Statement Syntax
  • ORGANIZATION SEQUENTIAL Clause Syntax
  • ORGANIZATION LINE SEQUENTIAL Clause Syntax
  • ORGANIZATION RELATIVE Clause Syntax
  • ORGANIZATION INDEXED Clause Syntax
• 4 DATA DIVISION Syntax
  • DATA DIVISION Syntax
  • File/Sort-Description Syntax
  • FILE-SECTION-Data-Item Syntax
  • WORKING-STORAGE-SECTION-Data-Item Syntax
  • LOCAL-STORAGE-SECTION-Data-Item Syntax
  • LINKAGE-SECTION-Data-Item Syntax
  • Report-Description (RD) Syntax
  • Report-Group-Definition Syntax
  • REPORT-SECTION-Data-Item Syntax
  • SCREEN-SECTION-Data-Item Syntax
  • 01-Level-Constant Syntax
  • 66-Level-Data-Item Syntax
  • 77-Level-Data-Item Syntax
  • 78-Level-Constant Syntax
  • 88-Level-Data-Item Syntax
• 5 PROCEDURE DIVISION Syntax
  • PROCEDURE DIVISION Syntax
  • PROCEDURE DIVISION Subprogram-Argument Syntax
  • PROCEDURE DIVISION Main-Program-Argument Syntax
  • PROCEDURE DIVISION RETURNING Syntax
  • DECLARATIVES Syntax
  • LENGTH OF Syntax
  • Reference Modifier (Format 1) Syntax
  • Reference Modifier (Format 2) Syntax
  • Arithmetic-Expression Syntax
  • Unary-Expression Syntax
  • Class-Condition Syntax
  • Sign-Condition Syntax
  • Relation-Condition Syntax
  • RelOp Syntax
  • Combined Condition Syntax
  • Negated Condition Syntax
  • ACCEPT FROM CONSOLE Syntax
  • ACCEPT FROM COMMAND-LINE Syntax
  • ACCEPT FROM ENVIRONMENT Syntax
  • ACCEPT Data-Item Syntax
  • ACCEPT FROM DATE/TIME Syntax
  • ACCEPT FROM Screen-Info Syntax
  • ACCEPT FROM Runtime-Info Syntax
  • ACCEPT OMITTED Syntax
  • ACCEPT FROM EXCEPTION STATUS Syntax
  • ADD TO Syntax
  • ADD GIVING Syntax
  • ADD CORRESPONDING Syntax
  • ALLOCATE Syntax
  • ALTER Syntax
  • CALL Syntax
  • CALL Argument Syntax
  • CANCEL Syntax
  • CLOSE Syntax
  • COMMIT Syntax
  • COMPUTE Syntax
  • CONTINUE Syntax
  • DELETE Syntax
  • DISPLAY UPON Device Syntax
  • DISPLAY UPON COMMAND-LINE Syntax
  • DISPLAY UPON ENVIRONMENT-NAME Syntax
  • DISPLAY Data-Item Syntax
  • DISPLAY data-item (Microsoft format) Syntax
  • DIVIDE INTO Syntax
  • DIVIDE INTO GIVING Syntax
  • DIVIDE BY GIVING Syntax
  • ENTRY Syntax
  • ENTRY-Argument Syntax
  • EVALUATE Syntax
  • EVALUATE Selection Subject Syntax
  • EVALUATE Selection Object Syntax
  • EXAMINE Syntax
  • EXHIBIT Syntax
  • EXIT Syntax
  • FREE Syntax
  • GENERATE Syntax
  • GOBACK Syntax
  • Simple GO TO Syntax
  • GO TO DEPENDING ON Syntax
  • IF Syntax
  • INITIALIZE Syntax
  • INITIATE Syntax
  • INSPECT Syntax
  • MERGE Syntax
  • Simple MOVE Syntax
  • MOVE CORRESPONDING Syntax
  • MULTIPLY BY Syntax
  • MULTIPLY GIVING Syntax
  • OPEN Syntax
  • Procedural PERFORM Syntax
  • Inline PERFORM Syntax
  • VARYING Syntax
  • Sequential READ Syntax
  • Random READ Syntax
  • READY TRACE Syntax
  • RELEASE Syntax
  • RESET TRACE Syntax
  • RETURN Syntax
  • REWRITE Syntax
  • ROLLBACK Syntax
  • SEARCH Syntax
  • SEARCH ALL Syntax
  • SET ENVIRONMENT Syntax
  • SET Program-Pointer Syntax
  • SET ADDRESS Syntax
  • SET Index Syntax
  • SET UP/DOWN Syntax
  • SET Condition Name Syntax
  • SET Switch Syntax
  • SET ATTRIBUTE Syntax
  • SET LAST EXCEPTION Syntax
  • File-Based SORT Syntax
  • Table SORT Syntax
  • START Syntax
  • STOP Syntax
  • STRING Syntax
  • SUBTRACT FROM Syntax
  • SUBTRACT GIVING Syntax
  • SUBTRACT CORRESPONDING Syntax
  • SUPPRESS Syntax
  • TERMINATE Syntax
  • TRANSFORM Syntax
  • UNLOCK Syntax
  • UNSTRING Syntax
  • WRITE Syntax
• 6 Intrinsic Functions Syntax
  • ABS Function Syntax
  • ACOS Function Syntax
  • ANNUITY Function Syntax
  • ASIN Function Syntax
  • ATAN Function Syntax
  • BIT-OF Function Syntax
  • BIT-TO-CHAR Function Syntax
  • BYTE-LENGTH Function Syntax
  • CHAR Function Syntax
  • COMBINED-DATETIME Function Syntax
  • CONCATENATE Function Syntax
  • CONTENT-LENGTH Function Syntax
  • CONTENT-OF Function Syntax
  • COS Function Syntax
  • CURRENCY-SYMBOL Function Syntax
  • CURRENT-DATE Function Syntax
  • DATE-OF-INTEGER Function Syntax
  • DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD Function Syntax
  • DAY-OF-INTEGER Function Syntax
  • DAY-TO-YYYYDDD Function Syntax
  • E Function Syntax
  • EXCEPTION-FILE Function Syntax
  • EXCEPTION-LOCATION Function Syntax
  • EXCEPTION-STATEMENT Function Syntax
  • EXCEPTION-STATUS Function Syntax
  • EXP Function Syntax
  • EXP10 Function Syntax
  • FACTORIAL Function Syntax
  • FORMATTED-CURRENT-DATE Function Syntax
  • FORMATTED-DATE Function Syntax
  • FORMATTED-DATETIME Function Syntax
  • FORMATTED-TIME Function Syntax
  • FRACTION-PART Function Syntax
  • HEX-OF Function Syntax
  • HEX-TO-CHAR Function Syntax
  • HIGHEST-ALGEBRAIC Function Syntax
  • INTEGER Function Syntax
  • INTEGER-OF-DATE Function Syntax
  • INTEGER-OF-DAY Function Syntax
  • INTEGER-OF-FORMATTED-DATE Function Syntax
  • INTEGER-PART Function Syntax
  • LENGTH Function Syntax
  • LENGTH-AN Function Syntax
  • LOCALE-COMPARE Function Syntax
  • LOCALE-DATE Function Syntax
  • LOCALE-TIME Function Syntax
  • LOCALE-TIME-FROM-SECONDS Function Syntax
  • LOG Function Syntax
  • LOG10 Function Syntax
  • LOWER-CASE Function Syntax
  • LOWEST-ALGEBRAIC Function Syntax
  • MAX Function Syntax
  • MEAN Function Syntax
  • MEDIAN Function Syntax
  • MIDRANGE Function Syntax
  • MIN Function Syntax
  • MOD Function Syntax
  • MODULE-CALLER-ID Function Syntax
  • MODULE-DATE Function Syntax
  • MODULE-FORMATTED-DATE Function Syntax
  • MODULE-ID Function Syntax
  • MODULE-PATH Function Syntax
  • MODULE-SOURCE Function Syntax
  • MODULE-TIME Function Syntax
  • MONETARY-DECIMAL-POINT Function Syntax
  • MONETARY-THOUSANDS-SEPARATOR Function Syntax
  • NUMERIC-DECIMAL-POINT Function Syntax
  • NUMERIC-THOUSANDS-SEPARATOR Function Syntax
  • NUMVAL Function Syntax
  • NUMVAL-C Function Syntax
  • NUMVAL-F Function Syntax
  • ORD Function Syntax
  • ORD-MAX Function Syntax
  • ORD-MIN Function Syntax
  • PI Function Syntax
  • PRESENT-VALUE Function Syntax
  • RANDOM Function Syntax
  • RANGE Function Syntax
  • REM Function Syntax
  • REVERSE Function Syntax
  • SECONDS-FROM-FORMATTED-TIME Function Syntax
  • SECONDS-PAST-MIDNIGHT Function Syntax
  • SIGN Function Syntax
  • SIN Function Syntax
  • SQRT Function Syntax
  • STANDARD-DEVIATION Function Syntax
  • STORED-CHAR-LENGTH Function Syntax
  • SUBSTITUTE Function Syntax
  • SUBSTITUTE-CASE Function Syntax
  • SUM Function Syntax
  • TAN Function Syntax
  • TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD Function Syntax
  • TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD Function Syntax
  • TEST-FORMATTED-DATETIME Function Syntax
  • TEST-NUMVAL Function Syntax
  • TEST-NUMVAL-C Function Syntax
  • TEST-NUMVAL-F Function Syntax
  • TRIM Function Syntax
  • UPPER-CASE Function Syntax
  • VARIANCE Function Syntax
  • WHEN-COMPILED Function Syntax
  • YEAR-TO-YYYY Function Syntax
  • BOOLEAN-OF-INTEGER function Syntax
  • CHAR-NATIONAL Function Syntax
  • DISPLAY-OF Function Syntax
  • EXCEPTION-FILE-N Function Syntax
  • EXCEPTION-LOCATION-N Function Syntax
  • INTEGER-OF-BOOLEAN Function Syntax
  • NATIONAL-OF Function Syntax
  • STANDARD-COMPARE Function Syntax
• 7 Built-In Subroutines Syntax
  • C$CALLEDBY Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$CHDIR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$COPY Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$DELETE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$FILEINFO Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$GETPID Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$JUSTIFY Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$MAKEDIR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$NARG Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$PARAMSIZE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$PRINTABLE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$SLEEP Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$TOLOWER Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • C$TOUPPER Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_AND Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_CHANGE_DIR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_CLOSE_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_COPY_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_CREATE_DIR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_CREATE_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_DELETE_DIR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_DELETE_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_EQ Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_ERROR_PROC Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_EXIT_PROC Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_FLUSH_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GC_FORK Built-In Subroute Syntax
  • CBL_GC_GETOPT Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GC_HOSTED Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GC_NANOSLEEP Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GC_PRINTABLE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GC_WAITPID Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GET_CSR_POS Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GET_CURRENT_DIR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_GET_SCR_SIZE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_SET_SCR_SIZE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_IMP Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_NIMP Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_NOR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_NOT Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_OPEN_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_OR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_READ_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_READ_KBD_CHAR Build-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_RENAME_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_SET_CSR_POS Build-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_TOLOWER Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_TOUPPER Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_WRITE_FILE Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • CBL_XOR Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • SYSTEM Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • X”91” Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • X”E4” Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • X”E5” Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • X”F4” Built-In Subroutine Syntax
  • X”F5” Built-In Subroutine Syntax
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