BAL keywords and features

When writing rules for COBOL code execution, the BAL keywords and BAL features you use must be compatible with COBOL.

The following lists outline the BAL features that you can use, and those that you cannot.

BAL features you can use:

• Basic conditions and BAL constructs

• Most BAL literals, including Simple Date

• The following BAL operators:

  • BAL number operators that check range

  • Arithmetic operators, except for the Number + String operation, for example: 10 + "5"

• Operations of the mapped BOM types (including the Java™ types String and Date)

• The if / else rule structure

BAL features you cannot use:

• Char, for example 'A'

• Universal date type, for example m/d/y h:mm:ss

• Time type, for example h:mm:ss

• Time operator, for example 'car rent date' is at 05:00:00 PM

• Collection/array conditions

• Collection/array constructs

• Functions