Data address identifier

Format

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ADDRESS OF identifier-1

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Syntax rules

1. identifier-1 references an elementary item which is defined in the FILE SECTION, WORKING-STORAGE SECTION, LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION or LINKAGE SECTION.
   identifier-1 may not be defined in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION or FILE SECTION of an object or factory object.

2. identifier-1 may not reference an object reference, a pointer or an index. identifier-1 may not reference an elementary data item which is subordinate to a strongly typed group data item.

3. The data address identifier may not be used as a receiving item.

4. If identifier-1 references a strongly typed group data item, identifier-1 must be described on level number 01.

General rules

1. A data address identifier generates a specific elementary item of class “pointer” and category “data pointer” which contains the address of identifier-1.

2. If identifier-1 is strongly typed, the data address identifier is a data pointer to a data item of the same type as identifier-1.