COBOL- FIGURATIVE CONSTANTS

• Figurative constants have some fixed names and the compiler has the ability to recognize these names and sets the corresponding values in the object program.
• Example:-
        MOVE ZERO TO EMP-COUNT.
• In above example, value ‘0’ will be moved to variable EMP-COUNT as compiler will recognizes ZERO and sets EMP-COUNT to ‘0’.
• Given below are list Figurative constants and their description:-

  Figurative Constants	Description
  ZERO ZEROS ZEROES	Denotes value 0, or one or more 0, based on the context
  SPACE SPACES	Denotes one or more spaces or blanks
  HIGH-VALUE HIGH-VALUES	Denotes the highest value in the collating sequence
  LOW-VALUE LOW-VALUES	Denotes the lowest value in the collating sequence
  QUOTE QUOTES	Denotes one or more single character (‘‘).
  ALL literal	Denotes one or more of the string characters comprising the literal.