HP COBOL II Extensions

SUPPORTED

Syntax	Comments
NOLIST phrase in the COPY statement	Treated as comment.
USAGE COMP-3	(the standard equivalent is USAGE PACKED-DECIMAL).
USING phrase of the ASSIGN clause
REMARKS paragraph in the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
Abbreviation ID for "IDENTIFICATION"
EXCLUSIVE statement
UN-EXCLUSIVE statement
CALL statement extensions	INTRINSIC phrase, the GIVING clause, the symbol "@" or "\" before a parameter
RETURN-CODE special register
ENTRY statement	(secondary entry points)
EXAMINE statement
GOBACK statement
Special registers TALLY, CURRENT-DATE, TIME-OF-DAY, and WHEN-COMPILED
Nonnumeric literals longer than 160 characters	(The limit is 255 characters per nonnumeric literal)
Octal literals
Interchangeability of single and double quotes
Inequality operator (<>)
Nested COPY statements
Ability to have a section name that is not followed by a paragraph name.
Index data items in relational conditions
WITH DUPLICATES phrase in the RECORD KEY clause of the SELECT statement
Intrinsic relation condition
Qualified index names
Key name is not required to be on the left-hand side of the SEARCH ALL condition
SEEK Statement
$DEFINE macros, $EDIT macros
ACCEPT FREE form of the ACCEPT statement	(PERCobol supports FREE but does not support the 'not' FREE form)

Comments

	Comments
Random access files	(MPE random filetype)
Native Language Support using $CONTROL NLS	(MPE language support)
Ability to specify language in the SORT statement	(MPE language support)
Random access files	(MPE random filetype)
KSAM direct file access	(MPE native files)