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Data Description Entry

Format 1

level-number [ data-name ]
             [ FILLER    ]

 [ REDEFINES prev-data-name ]

 [ IS EXTERNAL      ]
 [ IS GLOBAL        ]

 [ IS SPECIAL-NAMES  {CURSOR         } ]
                     {CRT STATUS     }
                     {CHART STATUS   }
                     {SCREEN CONTROL }
                     {EVENT STATUS   }

 [ IS EXTERNAL-FORM [ IDENTIFIED BY template-file-name ] ]
 [ IS IDENTIFIED BY external-name]

[ {PICTURE} IS picture-string ] {PIC } [ [ USAGE IS ] usage-type ] [ [ SIGN IS ] {LEADING } [ SEPARATE CHARACTER ] ] {TRAILING} [ OCCURS { table-size TIMES } { min TO max TIMES DEPENDING ON dep-item } [ {ASCENDING } KEY IS {key-name} ... ] ... {DESCENDING} [ INDEXED BY {index-name} ... ] ] [ {SYNCHRONIZED} [LEFT ] ] {SYNC } [RIGHT] [ {JUSTIFIED} RIGHT ] {JUST } [ BLANK WHEN ZERO ] [ VALUE IS value-lit ] . Format 2 66 new-name RENAMES name-start [ {THRU } name-end ] . {THROUGH} Format 3 78 user-name VALUE IS {literal-1} [ {+} literal-2 ] ... . {NEXT } {-} {*} {/} Format 4 88 cond-name {VALUE IS } { low [ {THRU } high ] } ... {VALUES ARE} {THROUGH} [ WHEN SET TO FALSE false-val ] .