Statements and Clauses

References are made to statements and clauses throughout this manual. For SCL purposes, these terms are defined as follows:

A statement begins with an action (for example, ADD or DEFINE) and ends with a period (.). A statement consists of one or more clauses, depending on how you code the SCL syntax.
A clause is an individual line of information within each statement (for example, FROM ENVIRONMENT TEST or WHERE CCID EQ 'FIX01'). Any number of clauses may be contained within one statement.

Example: Using Statements and Clauses

In this example, Lines 1-7 form a statement. Line 1 begins with an action (MOVE) and line 7 ends with a period. Lines 2-5 constitute a single clause (a FROM clause). Lines 6 and 7 are individual clauses. Each of these clauses provide information essential to the statement.

1.MOVE ELEMENTS COPY01

2.     FROM       ENVIRONMENT        DEMO

3.                SYSTEM             FINANCE

4.                SUBSYSTEM          ACCTPAY

5.                TYPE               COBOL

6.     WHERE CCID EQ          FIX'

7.     OPTIONS                WITH HISTORY.

When you use statements and clauses, you must enter the action clause first. You can enter the remaining clauses in any order. Within each clause, however, you must code the sub-clauses in the order in which they are shown in the syntax.

In the previous example, you might code the FROM clause last and the OPTIONS clause immediately after the MOVE ELEMENTS clause. Within the FROM clause, though, you must enter ENVIRONMENT first, followed by SYSTEM, followed by SUBSYSTEM, followed by TYPE.