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What Is an NCL Procedure?

The basic unit of NCL code is called an NCL procedure. A procedure contains one or more NCL statements that are executed when the procedure is invoked.

Each NCL procedure has a 1- to 8-character name and resides in your product's procedure library. In OS/VS systems this is a Partitioned Data Set (PDS). In VM systems the library is held on a CMS minidisk.

Procedures are created or modified by an appropriate editor, for example, ISPF.