The data-name or FILLER Clause

The data-name clause specifies the name of the data area.

General Format

[ data-name ]
[ FILLER    ]

Syntax Rules

  1. The data-name or FILLER clause must appear immediately after the level-number in a data description entry.
  2. data-name is a user-defined word.
  3. A FILLER data item may not be declared EXTERNAL.

General Rules

  1. If there is no data-name or FILLER clause, the FILLER clause is implied.
  2. The FILLER clause names a data item that the program cannot explicitly refer to.
  3. The FILLER clause can name a data item that is the object of a level 88 condition name.
Parent topic: Data Description Entry