The NAME field attribute clause declares a facility-specific name for
 a   field.    The  specified  language  or  language  processor  then
 recognizes only this name when you refer to the field.

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ParameterSyntax RulesUsage NotesExampleParametersSyntax RulesUsage Notes
Example

 quoted-string

      The facility-specific field name.

  o  The quoted string must be a legal name for the specified language
     or language processor.  The CDDL does not check the quoted string
     for validity or correct syntax.

  o  You can use 8-bit characters in CDDL quoted strings.

  o  You can use this clause only if you have specified a  field  name
     in    the   field   declaration.    You   can   not   specify   a
     facility-specific name for unnamed fields.

  o  Once you have assigned a facility-specific name to a  field,  the
     facility no longer recognizes the field's original name.

  o  Be careful when you use the NAME clause because it enables you to
     assign completely different names to the same field.

  o  Avoid assigning dissimilar names to the  same  field.   The  NAME
     clause  is  designed  only  to allow you to make field names seem
     native to applications languages.

 The following example provides a VAX COBOL name and a VAX RPG II name
 for  the  ORDER_NUMBER  field.  Because of the NAME clause, VAX COBOL
 recognizes the field only by the name ORDER-NUMBER, and  VAX  RPG  II
 recognizes the field only by the name ORDER#.

 ORDER_NUMBER        DATATYPE IS UNSIGNED NUMERIC
                     SIZE IS 10 DIGITS
                     NAME FOR COBOL IS "ORDER-NUMBER".
                     NAME FOR RPG IS "ORDER#".

 1 OCCURS

 The   OCCURS   field   attribute   clause   declares    fixed-length,
 one-dimensional arrays.

 max_number

     The number of occurrences of the array.

 COB_index

     A VAX COBOL index name.

  o  An  unsigned  integer  (max_number)  declares   the   number   of
     occurrences   in   one-dimensional,  fixed-length  arrays.   This
     integer is the upper bound of the array.

  o  The number of occurrences must be greater than zero.

  o  The unsigned integer (max_number) is the array's upper bound; the
     lower bound of an array declared with OCCURS is always 1.  If you
     need to specify an array with a lower bound other than 1, use the
     ARRAY clause.

  o  Only VAX COBOL supports the INDEXED FOR COBOL BY  optional  field
     attribute clause.  Other processors ignore it.

  o  You cannot use the INDEXED FOR COBOL BY optional field  attribute
     clause with Version 3.0 of VAX COBOL or any earlier version.  VAX
     COBOL supports INDEXED FOR COBOL BY in Version 3.1 and later.

  o  If you use a name as a COBOL index name you cannot use that  name
     as  a  field  name or COBOL-specific name elsewhere in the record
     description.

 In the following example, the OCCURS clause is used twice to  declare
 20  instances  of  SUPPLIER  where each instance is four 30-character
 strings.  Note that OCCURS clauses can be nested.

 SUPPLIER STRUCTURE              OCCURS 20 TIMES.
     SUPPLIER                    OCCURS 4 TIMES
                                 DATATYPE IS TEXT
                                 SIZE IS 30 CHARACTERS.
 END SUPPLIER STRUCTURE.