Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] What is "RD" ?

[David E. <de...@ar...>]

Mirce Vladimirov wrote:

   > I had a program which had a data item named RD.
   >
   > 01 RD PIC X.
   >
   > during compilation a Parse error was reported.
   > Long time I was trying to figure out wat is the
   > problem (unsuccesfuly must say).
   > Most confusing was that it's an old program
   > (was coded about 4 or 5 years before), and it was
   > always compiled normaly under acucobol.
   > Finaly I commented that line and compilation ended
   > normaly.
   > Few months later I downloaded TC 0.61 and tryed
   > to compile original version of program. No success.
   > Still don't have idea what's the problem.
   > Finaly a lamp lighted above my head, changed name of
   > that item, compiled OK.
   > See the attachment named rd.cob, it doesn't compile
   > too since it has a data item named RD.
   > So...what could it be ?
   > What does RD mean ?
   > Is it a reserved word in TC ?

RD is a ANSI COBOL reserved word, so it is not specific to TC.

It is used in the report description entry, in the REPORT SECTION.

Since it is a reserved word, it can't be used as an identifier.