HP COBOL II/XL Quick Reference Guide (31500-90015)

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Figurative Constant Words
Table 6-3. Figurative Constant Words
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| ALL literal | The character string denoted by the |
| | variable literal . |
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| HIGH-VALUE | One or more occurrences of the |
| HIGH-VALUES | character with the highest possible |
| | value in the program collating |
| | sequence. |
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| LOW-VALUE | One or more occurrences of the |
| LOW-VALUES | character with the lowest possible |
| | value in the program collating |
| | sequence. |
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| QUOTE | One or more quotation marks. This |
| QUOTES | constant is used to code the |
| | quotation mark as a literal in |
| | statements such as MOVE QUOTES. |
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| SPACE | One or more spaces. |
| SPACES | |
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| ZERO | One or more occurrences of the digit |
| ZEROS | zero. |
| ZEROES | |
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| [ALL] | User-defined figurative constants |
| symbolic-character| which are defined using the SYMBOLIC |
| | CHARACTERS clause of the ENVIRONMENT |
| | DIVISION. |
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