Murach's Structured COBOL
Chapter 6 How to define, move, and initialize fields
How to define fields in the Data Division 222
When to omit the word Filler 222
How to code literals and figurative constants 224
How to code Picture, Value, and Blank When Zero clauses 226
How to code Usage clauses 228
How to code Redefines clauses 230
How to code Sign, Justified, and Synchronized clauses 232
How to use Move and Initialize statements 234
How to code Move statements 234
How to code Pictures for alphanumeric and numeric editing 236
How to code Initialize statements 238
Usages and data formats on an IBM mainframe 240
IBM mainframe extensions to the standard usages 240
Binary, hex, and EBCDIC notation 242
The primary formats for numeric data 244
Perspective 246
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