LOCALE clause

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The LOCALE clause is used to define locale mnemonic names and their equivalent locale object name and library.

LOCALE clause - Format

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramLOCALElocale-name-1literal-4INLIBRARYliteral-5ISmnemonic-name-5
locale-name-1
Specifies a system-specific name that refers to a locale object. For COBOL for Linux®, the only supported locale-name-1 is POSIX.
literal-4
literal-4 must be a locale object name. It must be a nonnumeric literal with a maximum length of 10 characters.
literal-5
literal-5 is used to specify the name of the operating system library in which the locale object is to be found. It must be an nonnumeric literal with a maximum length of 10 characters. If the LIBRARY phrase is omitted , the job's library list is used to search for the locale object.
mnemonic-name-5
mnemonic-name-5 provides a reference to the locale identified by locale-name-1 or the values specified for literal-4 and literal-5. It can only be used in a FORMAT clause, PICTURE clause, format 9 of the SET statement, or in the argument list of some intrinsic functions.