Welcome to myCobol.ovh Monday, 29 September 2025, 08:06

myCobol.ovh Glossary
Categories all ·   Context   ·   Concept   ·   Syntax   ·   Event   ·   Standards  
Subjects all   ·   Cobol  
Letters all  #  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
Terms  name   namespace   national character   national character position   national data item   national decimal data item   national floating-point data ite   national group item   national-edited data item   native character set   native collating sequence   native method  ..more

null [Cobol/Syntax]
A figurative constant that is used to assign, to pointer data items, the value of an address that is not valid. NULLS ca ...
numeric character [Cobol/Syntax]
A character that belongs to the following set of digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
numeric data item [Cobol/Syntax]
(1) A data item whose description restricts its content to a value represented by characters chosen from the digits 0 th ...
numeric function [Cobol/Syntax]
A function whose class and category are numeric but that for some possible evaluation does not satisfy the requirements ...
numeric literal [Cobol/Syntax]
A literal composed of one or more numeric characters that can contain a decimal point or an algebraic sign, or both. The ...
numeric-edited data item [Cobol/Syntax]
A data item that contains numeric data in a form suitable for use in printed output. The data item can consist of extern ...