ARRAY (or TABLE)

• An array is group of similar-typed data items that are referred to by common data-name
• In COBOL, you can define array of any data-type
• Array may have one or more dimensions. COBOL-74 supports maximum 3 dimensions whereas COBOL-85 supports maximum of 7 dimensions
• In COBOL, array can be defines as group or elementary item
• OCCURS clause is used to define array

We will be covering below topics in upcoming section which will be helpful to undestand Array, it's processing.

• Single-dimension Array
• OCCURS clause
• Two–dimensional Array
• SUBSCRIPT
• ARRAY INDEX and INDEXING
• SET verb
• SEARCH (Sequential/Linear search)
• SEARCH ALL (Binary search)
• Comparison between SEARCH and SEARCH ALL