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A

ABEND argument, ABORT statement

ABORT statement

compared to STOP statement

ABS function

absolute values

access levels, shared

ACCESS= option, LIBNAME statement

ACCESS=READONLY option

CATNAME statement

ADDR function

AIRY function

derivative of

value of

aliases, for informats

alignment

character expressions "KLEFT"

character expressions "KRIGHT"

alignment of output

_ALL_ CLEAR option

CATNAME statement

_ALL_ LIST option

CATNAME statement

ALTER= data set option

amortization

ampersand (&) argument

INPUT statement, list input

ampersand (&) format modifier

ampersand (&) logical and operator, where statement

and operator, where statement

applet location

APPLETLOC= system option

arc cosine

arc sine

arc tangent

ARCOS function

arguments

converting to lowercase

data type, returning

difference between nthlag

extracting a substring from

extracting a substring from, based on byte position

format decimal values, returning

format names, returning

format width, returning

informat decimal values, returning

informat names, returning

informat width, returning

length of, returning

lowercase, converting to

resolving

returning length of

size, returning

uppercase letters, converting to

array reference, explicit

compared to ARRAY statement

ARRAY statement

compared to array reference, explicit

arrays

defining elements in

describing elements to process

finding contents

finding dimensions

finding values in

identifying

lower bounds

upper bounds of

writing to

ARSIN function

ASCII characters, returning

a string of

by number

number of

ASCII data

converting character data to

converting to native format

$ASCIIw. format

$ASCIIw. informat

assignment statements

asterisk (*) multiplication operator, where statement

asterisks (**) exponentiation operator, where statement

asymmetric spelling differences

ASYNCHIO system option

asynchronous I/O

at sign (@) argument

INPUT statement

INPUT statement, column input

INPUT statement, formatted input

INPUT statement, list input

INPUT statement, named input

PUT statement

PUT statement, column output

PUT statement, formatted output

PUT statement, list output

PUT statement, named output

at sign (@) column pointer control

INPUT statement

PUT statement

WINDOW statement

at sign (@) line-hold specifier

PUT statement

PUT statement, column output

at signs (@@) argument

INPUT statement

INPUT statement, column input

INPUT statement, formatted input

INPUT statement, list input

INPUT statement, named input

PUT statement

PUT statement, column output

PUT statement, formatted output

PUT statement, list output

PUT statement, named output

at signs (@@) line-hold specifier, PUT statement

ATAN function

ATTRC function

ATTRIB statement

compared to FORMAT statement

compared to INFORMAT statement

compared to LENGTH statement

examples

INFORMAT= option

specifying formats with

specifying informats with

ATTRN function

autocall libraries, searching for files in

autocall macro library

AUTOEXEC file

echoing to the log

AUTOSKIP= option, WINDOW statement

averages (arithmetic mean)