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<h1 class="topictitle1">Host structure indicator array in COBOL applications that use SQL</h1>
<div><p>The following figure shows the syntax for valid indicator array
declarations.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Host structure indicator array</h4><pre><span><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Read syntax diagram" longdesc="rzajphostindicatorcobolsyn1.htm" /></span><a href="#d0e36"><img src="./c.gif" border="0" alt="Skip visual syntax diagram" /></a>
>>-<i>level-1</i>--variable-name--+-PICTURE-+-------------------------->
    '-PIC-----'   
    .-IS-.    
   .-IS-. .-USAGE--+----+-.   
>--+----+--<i>picture-string</i>--+---------------+-------------------->
    .-TIMES-.   
>--+-BINARY----------+--OCCURS--<i>dimension</i>--+-------+------------>
   +-COMPUTATIONAL-4-+    
   '-COMP-4----------'    
>--+-------------------------+--.------------------------------>&lt;
   | .-IS-. |    
   '-VALUE--+----+--<i>constant</i>-'    
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<div class="section"> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>Dimension must be an integer between 1 and 32767.</li>
<li>level-1 must be an integer between 2 and 48.</li>
<li>BINARY, COMPUTATIONAL-4, and COMP-4 are equivalent. A
portable application should code BINARY because COMPUTATIONAL-4 and COMP-4
are IBM<sup>®</sup> extensions
that are not supported in ISO/ANSI COBOL. The <span class="synph"><span class="var">picture-string</span></span> associated
with these types must have the form S9(<em>i</em>) (or S9...9, with <em>i</em> instances
of 9). <em>i</em> must be less than or equal to 4.</li>
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