Summary of sources and targets

Actions can have several sources and targets.

The following is a summary of the sources and targets allowed for all actions.
Action Source Target
CONCAT
  • operand
  • operand
  • literal
  • literal
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary variable
CONCAT_A
  • operand
  • operand
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
CONCAT_I
  • operand
  • operand
  • literal
  • literal
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
CONVERT
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • operand

The CONVERT statements convert the source. The source is also the target.

CONVERT_P|PL|S
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • operand

The CONVERT statements convert the source. The source is also the target.

CONVERT_R
  • operand

The CONVERT statements convert the source. The source is also the target.

COPY
  • operand
  • operand
  • formatted field
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • literal
  • literal
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
COPY_A
  • operand
  • operand
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
COPY_C
  • operand
  • operand
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
COPY_I
  • operand
  • operand
  • formatted field
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • literal
  • literal
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
COPY_S
  • operand
  • operand
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
MOVE
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
NYSIIS
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
PREFIX
  • operand
  • operand
  • literal
  • literal
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
PREFIX_A
  • operand
  • operand
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
PREFIX_I
  • operand
  • operand
  • literal
  • literal
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
REPEAT (none) (none)
RNYSIIS
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
RSOUNDEX
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
SOUNDEX
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • dictionary field
  • dictionary field
TRANS_HK|KH
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • operand

These statements convert the source. The source is also the target.

TRANS_NW|WN
  • dictionary field
  • user variable
  • operand

These statements convert the source. The source is also the target.

Margin setting actions have no source or target, instead they take a first argument of keyword OPERAND/LINE and a second argument of operand number (enclosed in square brackets []) or line number, for example:


SET_L_MARGIN LINE 5
SET_R_MARGIN OPERAND [3]