WORD

Use WORD(xxxx) to specify that an alternate reserved-word table is to be used during compilation.

WORD option syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramNOWORDWORD( xxxx)

Default is: NOWORD

Abbreviations are: WD | NOWD

xxxx specifies the ending characters of the name of the reserved-word table (IGYCxxxx) to be used in your compilation. IGYC are the first four standard characters of the name, and xxxx can be one to four characters in length.

Alternate reserved-word tables provide changes to the IBM-supplied default reserved-word table. Your systems programmer might have created one or more alternate reserved-word tables for your site. See your systems programmer for the names of alternate reserved-word tables.

Enterprise COBOL provides an alternate reserved-word table (IGYCCICS) specifically for CICS® applications. It is set up to flag COBOL words not supported under CICS with an error message. If you want to use this CICS reserved-word table during your compilation, specify the compiler option WORD(CICS).