ALWAYS

Used in a conditional statement to specify instructions that must always be executed regardless of the outcome of the conditional test(s).

AND

Connects two or more conditional tests.

BLANK

Refers to a field of blank spaces. This can be used to assign a value of blanks to character fields.

ELSE

Used in a conditional statement to specify instructions that should only be executed if the outcome of the conditional test(s) is false.

EQ

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator equal to.

GE

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator greater than or equal to.

GO TO

Transfers control to another set of instructions using a predetermined tag in a COMPUTE statement.

GT

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator greater than.

IF

Begins all conditional statements and is usually followed by one or more conditional tests.

LE

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator less than or equal to.

LOVALUE

May be used to assign a value of zero to a numeric field, or blanks to a character field.

LT

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator less than.

MOVE

Transfers data from one field to another in a COMPUTE statement.

NE

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator not equal to.

NEW

Used in COMPUTE, SELECT, and REJECT statements to test whether consecutive records contain different values for a specified field.

NG

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator not greater than.

NL

The alphabetic representation of the comparison operator not less than.

NP

Forces a page break in reports.

OFF

Used to test individual bits in a hexadecimal field.

ON

Used to test individual bits in a hexadecimal field.

RANK

An internal variable used in ranked record reports.

SAME

Used in COMPUTE, SELECT, and REJECT statements to test whether consecutive records contain identical values for a specified field.

SORTKEY

An internal variable used in exception reports.

SPACE

Refers to a field of blank spaces. This can be used to assign a value of blanks to character fields.

THEN

Used in a conditional statement to specify instructions that should only be executed if the outcome of the conditional test(s) is true.

TO

Used when transferring data from one field to another.