isCOBOL Evolve : Appendices : isCOBOL Reserved Words
isCOBOL Reserved Words
Following, is a complete list of reserved words. Many of these are ANSI reserved words, some are reserved only in isCOBOL.
All of these are treated as reserved words by isCOBOL. You need to avoid using any of these reserved words as user-defined words.
A
ACCEPT
ACCESS
ADD
ADDRESS
ADVANCING
AFTER
ALL
ALLOCATE
ALLOWING
ALPHABET
ALPHABETIC
ALPHABETIC_LOWER
ALPHABETIC_UPPER
ALPHANUMERIC
ALPHANUMERIC_EDITED
ALSO
ALTER
ALTERNATE
AND
ANY
APPLY
ARE
AREA
AREAS
AS
ASCENDING
ASSERT
ASSIGN
AT
AUTHOR
AUTO
AUTO_MINIMIZE
AUTO_RESIZE
AUTO_SKIP
AUTOMATIC
AUTOTERMINATE
 
 
 
 
B
BACKGROUND_COLOR
BACKGROUND_COLOUR
BACKGROUND_LOW
BACKGROUND_HIGH
BACKGROUND_STANDARD
BACKWARD
BEEP
BEFORE
BELL
BINARY
BIND
BLANK
BLINK
BLINKING
BLOCK
BOLD
BOTTOM
BOX
BOXED
BY
C
CALL
CANCEL
CATCH
CBL
CCOL
CELL
CELLS
CENTERED
CENTURY_DATE
CENTURY_DAY
CHAIN
CHAINING
CHARACTER
CHARACTERS
CLASS
CLASS_CONTROL
CLASS_ID
CLIENT
CLINE
CLINES
CLOCK_UNITS
CLOSE
CODE-SET
COL
COLLATING
COLOR
COLOUR
COLUMN
COMMA
COMMAND_LINE
COMMIT
COMMON
COMP
COMP_0
COMP_1
COMP_2
COMP_3
COMP_4
COMP_5
COMP_6
COMP_9
COMP_X
COMP_N
COMPRESSION
COMPUTATIONAL
COMPUTATIONAL_0
COMPUTATIONAL_1
COMPUTATIONAL_2
COMPUTATIONAL_3
COMPUTATIONAL_4
COMPUTATIONAL_5
COMPUTATIONAL_6
COMPUTATIONAL_9
 
COMPUTATIONAL_N
COMPUTE
CONFIGURATION
CONSOLE
CONSTANT
CONTAINS
CONTENT
CONTROLS
CONTROLS_UNCROPPED
CONVERSION
CONVERT
CONVERTING
CONTINUE
CONTROL
COPY
CORR
CORRESPONDING
COUNT
CRT
CSIZE
CURRENCY
CURSOR
CYCLE
 
 
 
D
DATA
DATE
DATE_COMPILED
DATE_WRITTEN
DAY
DAY_OF_WEEK
DECIMAL_POINT
DECLARATIVES
DEFAULT
DELETE
DELIMITED
DELIMITER
DEPENDING
DESCENDING
DESTROY
DESTINATION
DETAIL
DISABLE
DISC
DISK
DISPLAY
DIVIDE
DIVISION
DOUBLE
DOWN
DUPLICATES
DYNAMIC
 
 
 
E
ECHO
EJECT
ELSE
EMI
EMPTY_CHECK
ENABLED
ENCRYPTION
END
END_ACCEPT
END_ADD
END_CALL
END_DISPLAY
END_CHAIN
END_COMPUTE
END_DELETE
END_DIVIDE
END_EVALUATE
END_EXEC
END_IF
END_INVOKE
END_MODIFY
END_MOVE
END_MULTIPLY
END_OF_PAGE
END_PERFORM
END_READ
END_RECEIVE
END_RETURN
END_REWRITE
END_SEARCH
END_START
END_STRING
END_SUBTRACT
END_SYNCHRONIZED
END_TRY
END_UNSTRING
END_WAIT
END_WRITE
END_XML
ENTER
ENTRY
ENVIRONMENT
EOL
EOP
EOS
EQUAL
EQUALS
ERASE
ERROR
ESCAPE
EVALUATE
EVENT
EVERY
EXAMINE
EXCEEDS
EXCEPTION
EXCLUSIVE
EXEC
EXHIBIT
EXIT
EXTEND
EXTERNAL
 
 
 
F
FACTORY
FALSE
FD
FILE
FILE_CONTROL
FILE_ID
FILE_PREFIX
FILLER
FINAL
FINALLY
FIRST
FLOAT
FLOATING
FONT
FOOTING
FOR
FOREGROUND_COLOR
FOREGROUND_COLOUR
FREE
FROM
FULL
FUNCTION_ID
 
 
 
G - H
GENERATE
GLOBAL
GO
GOBACK
GIVING
GRAPHICAL
GREATER
GRID
GROUP_USAGE
HANDLE
HEADING
HEIGHT
HELP_ID
HIGH
HIGHLIGHT
HIGH_VALUE
HIGH_VALUES
 
 
 
I - J - K
I_O
I_O_CONTROL
ICON
ID
IDENTIFICATION
IDENTIFIED
IF
IMPLEMENTS
IN
INDEPENDENT
INDEX
INDEXED
INHERITS
INITIAL
INITIALIZE
INITIATE
INPUT
INPUT_OUTPUT
INQUIRE
INSPECT
INSTALLATION
INT
INTERFACE
INTERFACE_ID
INTO
INVALID
INVOKE
IS
JUST
JUSTIFIED
JUSTIFY
KEPT
KEY
KEYBOARD
 
L
LABEL
LAST
LAYOUT_MANAGER
LEADING
LEFT
LENGTH
LENGTH_CHECK
LESS
LIMIT
LIMITS
LINAGE
LIKE
LINE
LINES
LINK
LINKAGE
LOCAL_STORAGE
LOCK
LOCK_HOLDING
LONG
LOW
LOWER
LOWLIGHT
LOW_VALUE
LOW_VALUES
M
MANUAL
MASS_UPDATE
MENU
MERGE
MESSAGE
MESSAGES
METHOD
METHOD_ID
MODAL
MODE
MODELESS
MODIFY
MOVE
MULTIPLE
MULTIPLY
N
NATIONAL
NEGATIVE
NEXT
NO
NO_ECHO
NOT
NOTE
NULL
NULLS
NUMBER
NUMERIC
NUMERIC_EDITED
NUMERIC_FILL
 
 
O
OBJECT
OBJECT_COMPUTER
OCCURS
OF
OFF
OLE
OMITTED
ON
ONLY
OPEN
OPTIONAL
OR
ORDER
ORGANIZATION
OTHER
OTHERS
OTHERWISE
OUTPUT
OVERFLOW
OVERLAPPED
OVERRIDE
 
 
 
 
P - Q
PACKED_DECIMAL
PADDING
PAGE
PARAGRAPH
PARSE
PERFORM
PIC
PICTURE
PIXEL
PIXELS
PLUS
POINTER
POP_UP
POS
POSITION
POSITIVE
PREVIOUS
PRINT
PRINTER
PRINTER_1
PRINTING
PRIORITY
PRIVATE
PROCEED
PROCEDURE
PROCESS
PROGRAM
PROGRAM_ID
PROGRAM_STATUS
PROMPT
PROPERTY
PROTECTED
PUBLIC
QUOTE
QUOTES
R
RAISE
RAISING
RANDOM
RD
READ
READY
READERS
RECEIVE
RECORD
RECORDING
RECORDS
REDEFINES
REEL
REFERENCE
RELATIVE
RELEASE
REMAINDER
REMARKS
RENAMES
REPLACE
REPLACING
REPORT
REPORTS
REPOSITORY
REQUIRED
RESERVE
RESET
RESIDENT
RESIZABLE
RESUME
RETURN
RETURNING
REVERSE
REVERSE_VIDEO
REVERSED
REWIND
REWRITE
RIGHT
ROLLBACK
ROUNDED
RUN
 
 
 
 
S
SAME
SCREEN
SCROLL
SD
SEARCH
SECTION
SECURE
SECURITY
SELECT
SELF
SEND
SENTENCE
SEPARATE
SEQUENCE
SEQUENTIAL
SERVICE
SET
SHADOW
SHARED
SHARING
SHORT
SIGN
SIGNED_INT
SIGNED_LONG
SIGNED_SHORT
SIZE
SKIP1
SKIP2
SKIP3
SORT
SORT_MERGE
SORT_WORK
SOURCE_COMPUTER
SPACE
SPACES
SPECIAL_NAMES
STANDARD
STANDARD_1
START
STATUS
STOP
STRING
STYLE
SUBTRACT
SUBWINDOW
SUPER
SUPPRESS
SWITCH
SWITCH_0
SWITCH_1
SWITCH_2
SWITCH_3
SWITCH_4
SWITCH_5
SWITCH_6
SWITCH_7
SWITCH_8
SWITCH_9
SWITCH_10
SWITCH_11
SWITCH_12
SWITCH_13
SWITCH_14
SWITCH_15
SWITCH_16
SWITCH_17
SWITCH_18
SWITCH_19
SWITCH_20
SWITCH_21
SWITCH_22
SWITCH_23
SWITCH_24
SWITCH_25
SWITCH_26
SYMBOLIC
SYNC
SYNCHRONIZED
SYSTEM
SYSTEM_INFO
T
TAB
TABLE
TALLYING
TERMINAL_INFO
TERMINATE
TEST
THAN
THEN
THREAD
THREADS
THROUGH
THRU
TIME
TIMES
TITLE
TITLE_BAR
TO
TOOL_BAR
TOP
TRAILING
TRANSACTION
TRANSFORM
TRY
TRUE
TYPE
U - V
UNDERLINE
UNDERLINED
UNEQUAL
UNIT
UNLOCK
UNSIGNED_INT
UNSIGNED_LONG
UNSIGNED_SHORT
UNSTRING
UNTIL
UP
UPDATE
UPDATERS
UPON
UPPER
USAGE
USE
USER_COLORS
USER_GRAY
USER_WHITE
USING
VALUE
VALUES
VALIDATE
VARIANT
VARYING
VISIBLE
 
 
 
W - X - Y - Z
WAIT
WHEN
WHEN_COMPILED
WIDTH
WINDOW
WITH
WORKING_STORAGE
WRAP
WRITE
WRITERS
XML
YIELD
YYYYDDD
YYYYMMDD
ZERO
ZERO_FILL
ZERO
ZEROES
ZEROS