The Components of a Statement

The previous example demonstrates a few of the statements. The following are some common items of information that you specify when you define a statement:

• True/false indicators
• A keyword (SET, COMPUTE, IF, etc.)
• Field names (always associated with a specific application and, if appropriate, occurrence and appearance numbers)
• File names
• Constant values
• Relationals (such as EQ and GT)
• Arithmetic operators (such as + and -)