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Working-Storage Section

Description
The Working-Storage Section describes data records that are not part of external data files but are developed and processed internally.

The Working-Storage Section must begin with the section header WORKING-STORAGE SECTION, followed by a separator period.

The Working-Storage Section contains record description entries and data description entries for independent data items, called data item description entries.

A maximum of 3 000 000 bytes are permitted for group items (including tables).

A data description entry specifies the characteristics of a data item. A data description entry has four formats:


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