Positions 26-32 (From Position)

Positions 26-32 may only contain an entry if the location of a subfield within a data structure is being defined.

Entry
Explanation
Blank
A blank FROM position indicates that the value in the TO/LENGTH field specifies the length of the subfield, or that a subfield is not being defined on this specification line.
nnnnnnn
Absolute starting position of the subfield within a data structure. The value specified must be from 1 to 9999999, and right-justified in these positions.
Reserved Words
Reserved words for the program status data structure or for a file information data structure are allowed (left-justified) in the FROM-TO/LENGTH fields (positions 26-39). These special reserved words define the location of the subfields in the data structures. Reserved words for the program status data structure are *STATUS, *PROC, *PARM, and *ROUTINE. Reserved words for the file information data structure (INFDS) are *FILE, *RECORD, *OPCODE, *STATUS, and *ROUTINE.


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