WORKING-STORAGE SECTION

Information intended for internal use must be described in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. The WORKING-STORAGE SECTION describes records and structurally noncontiguous data items (refer to "General format") which are not part of external files. Data described in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION may be in the “last-used” or initial state (see section "Sorting records") on calling the source unit. The WORKING-STORAGE SECTION may be specified in a program, a factory or object definition or a method definition within a class definition.