The other arithmetic statement, the COMPUTE statement, is a more recent addition to COBOL and allows multiple use of the four arithmetic operations in the one statement, using standard arithmetic symbols.Hutty, RogerLeicester Polytechnic
These structures often exist as a PL/1 or COBOL copybook. The CBLi Structured Data Environment (SDE) allows users to display and process structured data sets using a pre-defined SDE structure so that record data is formatted and arranged in field columns. An SDE structure may be generated ...
SDE is supported in MVS environments only where a SELCOPY licence is active. An SDE edit/browse window view may be opened to edit/display data set records that have an associated structure generated from a COBOL or PL1 copybook, using one of the following methods: 1. Select "Structured ...