Murach's Mainframe COBOL

Chapter 6 Other ways to define, move, and initialize fields
How to define fields in the Data Division 190
When to omit the word Filler 190
How to code literals and figurative constants 192
How to code Picture, Value, and Blank When Zero clauses 194
How to code Usage clauses 196
How to code Redefines clauses 198
How to use Move and Initialize statements 200
How to code Move statements 200
How to code Pictures for alphanumeric and numeric editing 202
How to code Initialize statements 204
Usages and data formats on an IBM mainframe 206
IBM mainframe extensions to the standard usages 206
Binary, hex, and EBCDIC notation 208
The primary formats for numeric data 210
An enhanced report-preparation program 212
The changes to the one-level summary report 212
The changes to the Working-Storage code 212
The changes to the Procedure Division code 214
Perspective 216
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