Re: [GNU-COBOL] PIC

[Davyd Ondrejko <david.ondrejko@safelite.com>]

> to move into a structure you have to qualify e.g.
> MOVE read-data TO LAST-NAME OF (IN) ADDRESS-BOOK  ---- or
> MOVE read-data TO LAST-NAME OF (IN) ADDRESS-KEY-0
> OF or IN is used interchangeably in this instance.

No, you don't.  It's allowed but certainly not required, unless you
happen to have more than one variable called LAST-NAME in your program. 
I had actually never seen that syntax until last year, though I
admittedly have only worked in about half-a-dozen shops.

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