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COBOL, COPY statement, 2format_record-name
*Conan The Librarian
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The COPY statement includes text in a COBOL source program.
Format 2 -
COPY record-name FROM DICTIONARY
[ { { ==pseudo-text-1== } { ==pseudo-text-2== } } ]
[REPLACING { { identifier-1 } BY { identifier-2 } } ... ] .
[ { { literal-1 } { literal-2 } } ]
[ { { word-1 } { word-2 } } ]
is a partial or complete Common Data Dictionary/Repository (CDD/Repository)
pathname. It specifies the CDD/Repository record description to be copied
into the source program.
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2 - 1__pseudo-text-1__identifier-1__literal-1__word-1
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are text-matching arguments that the compiler compares against
text-words in the library text.
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3 - 2__pseudo-text-2__identifier-2__literal-2__word-2
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are replacement items that the compiler inserts into the source
program.