o Only VAX COBOL supports this feature. Other language processors ignore the CONDITION NAME clause. o Each CONDITION NAME clause defines one condition name. Each condition name can represent a discrete value, a range of values, or any combination of these. o You can use the CONDITION NAME clause as many times as you wish within a field description. o The values low_val and high_val must be legal values as defined by the data type declared for the field. o The length of a literal you specify in a CONDITION NAME clause can not exceed the length declared for the field. o You can specify a fixed point number as the value of any field whose valid VAX COBOL data type is not DATE, TEXT, or UNSPECIFIED. o You can specify a floating point number as the value of a field whose valid VAX COBOL data type is not DATE, TEXT, or UNSPECIFIED. o You can specify a quoted string as the value only of a field whose valid VAX COBOL data type is DATE, TEXT, or UNSPECIFIED. o You can use 8-bit characters in CDDL quoted strings. o You can specify an octal number as the value of any valid VAX COBOL data type. In order to specify an octal number, place single quotation marks (') around the number and precede it with %O; for example, VALUE IS %O'16' o You can specify a hexadecimal number as the value of any valid VAX COBOL data type. In order to specify a hexadecimal number, place single quotation marks (') around it and precede it with %X; for example, VALUE IS %X'3E' o Value n2 must be greater than or equal to value n1 in the field's collating sequence. o Value n4 must be greater than or equal to value n3 in the field's collating sequence.