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reference modification [Cobol/Syntax]
A method of defining a new category alphanumeric, category DBCS, or category national data item by specifying the leftmo ...
reference-modifier [Cobol/Syntax]
A syntactically correct combination of character strings and separators that defines a unique data item. It includes a d ...
relation [Cobol/Syntax]
See relational operator or relation condition.
relation character [Cobol/Syntax]
A character that belongs to the following set ...
relation condition [Cobol/Syntax]
The proposition (for which a truth value can be determined) that the value of an arithmetic expression, data item, alpha ...
relational operator [Cobol/Syntax]
A reserved word, a relation character, a group of consecutive reserved words, or a group of consecutive reserved words a ...
relative file [Cobol/Syntax]
A file with relative organization.
relative key [Cobol/Syntax]
A key whose contents identify a logical record in a relative file.
relative organization [Cobol/Syntax]
The permanent logical file structure in which each record is uniquely identified by an integer value greater than zero, ...
relative record number [Cobol/Syntax]
The ordinal number of a record in a file whose organization is relative. This number is treated as a numeric literal tha ...