Compaq COBOL AAQ2G1FTK - Manual (Page 132)

Handling Tables
4.2 Initializing Values of Table Elements
4.2 Initializing Values of Table Elements
You can initialize a table that contains only DISPLAY items to any desired value
in either of the following ways:
• You can specify a VALUE clause in the record level preceding the record
description of the item containing the OCCURS clause.
• You can specify a VALUE clause in a record subordinate to the OCCURS
clause.
Example 4–11 and Figure 4–10 provide an example and memory map of a table
initialized using the VALUE clause.
Example 4–11 Initializing Tables with the VALUE Clause
01 A-TABLE VALUE IS "JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC".
03 MONTH-GROUP PIC XXX USAGE DISPLAY
OCCURS 12 TIMES.
Figure 4–10 Memory Map for Example 4–11
Level 03
Longword number
Byte number
Level 01
ZK−6047−GE
1 2 3
A−TABLE
M M M M M M
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
J A N F E B M A R A P R S E P O C T N O V D E C
7 8 9
. . .
. . .
. . .
Legend: M = Month−Group
Byte contents
M M
If each entry in the table has the same value, you can initialize the table as
shown in Example 4–12.
Example 4–12 Initializing a Table with the OCCURS Clause
01 A-TABLE.
03 TABLE-LEG OCCURS 5 TIMES.
05 FIRST-LEG PIC X VALUE "A".
05 SECOND-LEG PIC S9(9) COMP VALUE 5.
In this example, there are five occurrences of each table element. Each element
is initialized to the same value as follows:
• FIRST-LEG occurs five times; each occurrence is initialized to A.
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