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NetCOBOL V11.0 NetCOBOL Studio User's Guide
FUJITSU Software

A.1.2 ALPHAL compile option

This option specifies whether to treat lowercase letters in source programs the same as uppercase letters (ALPHAL) or not (NOALPHAL).

Item

Description

Lower-case character usage

Specifies how to treat lowercase letters in source programs. ALPHAL is the default value.

ALPHAL

Treats lowercase letters the same as uppercase letters (not case-sensitive).

NOALPHAL

Distinguishes between lowercase letters and uppercase letters (case-sensitive).

Scope of words taken as upper case

This item can be selected only if ALPHAL is selected for Lower-case character usage. ALL is the default value.

ALL

Treats the lowercase letters that appear in program-name literals and literals in the CALL, CANCEL, ENTRY, and INVOKE statements the same as uppercase letters.

WORD

Treats literals as they are described.