isCOBOL Reserved Words Following, is a complete list of reserved words. Many of these are ANSI reserved words, some are reserved only in isCOBOL. All of these are treated as reserved words by isCOBOL. You need to avoid using any of these reserved words as user-defined words. A B C D E F G - H I - J - K L M N O P - Q R S T U - V W - X - Y - Z A ACCEPT ACCESS ADD ADDRESS ADVANCING AFTER ALL ALLOCATE ALLOWING ALPHABET ALPHABETIC ALPHABETIC_LOWER ALPHABETIC_UPPER ALPHANUMERIC ALPHANUMERIC_EDITED ALSO ALTER ALTERNATE AND ANY APPLY ARE AREA AREAS AS ASCENDING ASSERT ASSIGN AT AUTHOR AUTO AUTO_MINIMIZE AUTO_RESIZE AUTO_SKIP AUTOMATIC AUTOTERMINATE B BACKGROUND_COLOR BACKGROUND_COLOUR BACKGROUND_LOW BACKGROUND_HIGH BACKGROUND_STANDARD BACKWARD BEEP BEFORE BELL BINARY BIND BLANK BLINK BLINKING BLOCK BOLD BOTTOM BOX BOXED BY C CALL CANCEL CATCH CBL CCOL CELL CELLS CENTERED CENTURY_DATE CENTURY_DAY CHAIN CHAINING CHARACTER CHARACTERS CLASS CLASS_CONTROL CLASS_ID CLIENT CLINE CLINES CLOCK_UNITS CLOSE CODE-SET COL COLLATING COLOR COLOUR COLUMN COMMA COMMAND_LINE COMMIT COMMON COMP COMP_0 COMP_1 COMP_2 COMP_3 COMP_4 COMP_5 COMP_6 COMP_9 COMP_X COMP_N COMPRESSION COMPUTATIONAL COMPUTATIONAL_0 COMPUTATIONAL_1 COMPUTATIONAL_2 COMPUTATIONAL_3 COMPUTATIONAL_4 COMPUTATIONAL_5 COMPUTATIONAL_6 COMPUTATIONAL_9 COMPUTATIONAL_N COMPUTE CONFIGURATION CONSOLE CONSTANT CONTAINS CONTENT CONTROLS CONTROLS_UNCROPPED CONVERSION CONVERT CONVERTING CONTINUE CONTROL COPY CORR CORRESPONDING COUNT CRT CSIZE CURRENCY CURSOR CYCLE D DATA DATE DATE_COMPILED DATE_WRITTEN DAY DAY_OF_WEEK DECIMAL_POINT DECLARATIVES DEFAULT DELETE DELIMITED DELIMITER DEPENDING DESCENDING DESTROY DESTINATION DETAIL DISABLE DISC DISK DISPLAY DIVIDE DIVISION DOUBLE DOWN DUPLICATES DYNAMIC E ECHO EJECT ELSE EMI EMPTY_CHECK ENABLED ENCRYPTION END END_ACCEPT END_ADD END_CALL END_DISPLAY END_CHAIN END_COMPUTE END_DELETE END_DIVIDE END_EVALUATE END_EXEC END_IF END_INVOKE END_MODIFY END_MOVE END_MULTIPLY END_OF_PAGE END_PERFORM END_READ END_RECEIVE END_RETURN END_REWRITE END_SEARCH END_START END_STRING END_SUBTRACT END_SYNCHRONIZED END_TRY END_UNSTRING END_WAIT END_WRITE END_XML ENTER ENTRY ENVIRONMENT EOL EOP EOS EQUAL EQUALS ERASE ERROR ESCAPE EVALUATE EVENT EVERY EXAMINE EXCEEDS EXCEPTION EXCLUSIVE EXEC EXIT EXTEND EXTERNAL F FACTORY FALSE FD FILE FILE_CONTROL FILE_ID FILE_PREFIX FILLER FINAL FINALLY FIRST FLOAT FLOATING FONT FOOTING FOR FOREGROUND_COLOR FOREGROUND_COLOUR FREE FROM FULL FUNCTION_ID G - H GENERATE GLOBAL GO GOBACK GIVING GRAPHICAL GREATER GRID GROUP_USAGE HANDLE HEADING HEIGHT HELP_ID HIGH HIGHLIGHT HIGH_VALUE HIGH_VALUES I - J - K I_O I_O_CONTROL ICON ID IDENTIFICATION IDENTIFIED IF IMPLEMENTS IN INDEPENDENT INDEX INDEXED INHERITS INITIAL INITIALIZE INITIATE INPUT INPUT_OUTPUT INQUIRE INSPECT INSTALLATION INT INTERFACE INTERFACE_ID INTO INVALID INVOKE IS JUST JUSTIFIED JUSTIFY KEPT KEY KEYBOARD L LABEL LAST LAYOUT_MANAGER LEADING LEFT LENGTH LENGTH_CHECK LESS LIMIT LIMITS LINAGE LIKE LINE LINES LINK LINKAGE LOCK LOCK_HOLDING LONG LOW LOWER LOWLIGHT LOW_VALUE LOW_VALUES M MANUAL MASS_UPDATE MENU MERGE MESSAGE MESSAGES METHOD METHOD_ID MODAL MODE MODELESS MODIFY MOVE MULTIPLE MULTIPLY N NATIONAL NEGATIVE NEXT NO NO_ECHO NOT NOTE NULL NULLS NUMBER NUMERIC NUMERIC_EDITED NUMERIC_FILL O OBJECT OBJECT_COMPUTER OCCURS OF OFF OLE OMITTED ON ONLY OPEN OPTIONAL OR ORDER ORGANIZATION OTHER OTHERS OTHERWISE OUTPUT OVERFLOW OVERLAPPED OVERRIDE P - Q PACKED_DECIMAL PADDING PAGE PARAGRAPH PARSE PERFORM PIC PICTURE PIXEL PIXELS PLUS POINTER POP_UP POS POSITION POSITIVE PREVIOUS PRINT PRINTER PRINTER_1 PRINTING PRIORITY PRIVATE PROCEED PROCEDURE PROCESS PROGRAM PROGRAM_ID PROGRAM_STATUS PROMPT PROPERTY PROTECTED PUBLIC QUOTE QUOTES R RAISE RAISING RANDOM RD READ READY READERS RECEIVE RECORD RECORDING RECORDS REDEFINES REEL REFERENCE RELATIVE RELEASE REMAINDER REMARKS RENAMES REPLACE REPLACING REPORT REPORTS REPOSITORY REQUIRED RESERVE RESET RESIDENT RESIZABLE RESUME RETURN RETURNING REVERSE REVERSE_VIDEO REVERSED REWIND REWRITE RIGHT ROLLBACK ROUNDED RUN S SAME SCREEN SCROLL SD SEARCH SECTION SECURE SECURITY SELECT SELF SEND SENTENCE SEPARATE SEQUENCE SEQUENTIAL SERVICE SET SHADOW SHARED SHARING SHORT SIGN SIGNED_INT SIGNED_LONG SIGNED_SHORT SIZE SKIP1 SKIP2 SKIP3 SORT SORT_MERGE SORT_WORK SOURCE_COMPUTER SPACE SPACES SPECIAL_NAMES STANDARD STANDARD_1 START STATUS STOP STRING STYLE SUBTRACT SUBWINDOW SUPER SUPPRESS SWITCH SWITCH_0 SWITCH_1 SWITCH_2 SWITCH_3 SWITCH_4 SWITCH_5 SWITCH_6 SWITCH_7 SWITCH_8 SWITCH_9 SWITCH_10 SWITCH_11 SWITCH_12 SWITCH_13 SWITCH_14 SWITCH_15 SWITCH_16 SWITCH_17 SWITCH_18 SWITCH_19 SWITCH_20 SWITCH_21 SWITCH_22 SWITCH_23 SWITCH_24 SWITCH_25 SWITCH_26 SYMBOLIC SYNC SYNCHRONIZED SYSTEM SYSTEM_INFO T TAB TABLE TALLYING TERMINAL_INFO TERMINATE TEST THAN THEN THREAD THREADS THROUGH THRU TIME TIMES TITLE TITLE_BAR TO TOOL_BAR TOP TRAILING TRANSACTION TRANSFORM TRY TRUE TYPE U - V UNDERLINE UNDERLINED UNEQUAL UNIT UNLOCK UNSIGNED_INT UNSIGNED_LONG UNSIGNED_SHORT UNSTRING UNTIL UP UPDATE UPDATERS UPON UPPER USAGE USE USER_COLORS USER_GRAY USER_WHITE USING VALUE VALUES VALIDATE VARIANT VARYING VISIBLE W - X - Y - Z WAIT WHEN WHEN_COMPILED WIDTH WINDOW WITH WORKING_STORAGE WRAP WRITE WRITERS XML YIELD YYYYDDD YYYYMMDD ZERO ZERO_FILL ZERO ZEROES ZEROS
