TYPE pseudovariable

The TYPE pseudovariable assigns a typed structure or union to the storage located by the handle x.

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x
Handle.
Given a defined structure T, the following assignments are valid: 
  dcl P1 handle T;
  dcl P2 handle T;
  dcl D1 type T;
  dcl D2 type T;

  D1 = type(P2);          /* Assigns the storage located by P2 to D1 */
  type(P1) = type(P2);
  type(P1) = D2;          /* Assigns D2 to the storage located by P1 */