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<h1 class="topictitle1">Host array indicator structure in COBOL applications that use SQL</h1>
<div><p>This figure shows the valid syntax for host structure array indicators.</p>
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    .-TIMES-.    
>>-<i>level-1</i>--<i>variable-name</i>--OCCURS--<i>dimension</i>--+-------+--.------>
    .-IS-.    
>--<i>level-2</i>--var-1--+-PICTURE-+--+----+--<i>picture-string</i>---------->
    '-PIC-----'    
    .-IS-.    
   .-USAGE--+----+-.    
>--+---------------+--+-BINARY----------+----------------------->
    +-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>level-1 indicates a COBOL level between 2 and 48.</li>
<li>level-2 indicates a COBOL level between 3 and 48 where level-2 &gt; level-1.</li>
<li>Dimension must be an integer constant between 1 and 32767.</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(i) (or S9...9, with i instances of
9). i must be less than or equal to 4.</li>
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