VMS Help  —  COBOL  DATA_DIVISION, clauses  VALUE_IS, 3format REFERENCE
  The VALUE IS clause defines the values associated with
  condition-names, the initial value of Working-Storage Section data
  items, the value of Report Section printable items, the compile-time
  initialization of variables to the address of data, and to external
  constants.

  Format 3 -

   VALUE IS { REFERENCE data-name }
            { numeric-integer-lit }
Additional Information: explode extract

data-name
numeric-integer-lit
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