The DISPLAY statement transfers low-volume data from the program to
the default system output device or to the object of a mnemonic-name.
The HP extensions to the DISPLAY statement (formats 2 and 3) are
COBOL language additions that facilitate video forms design and data
handling.
Format 2 -
DISPLAY { src-item
[{| { line-num } |}] }
[{| AT LINE NUMBER { line-id [ PLUS [ plus-num ] ] } |}] }
[{| { PLUS [ plus-num ] } |}] }
[{| { column-num } |}] }
[{| AT COLUMN NUMBER { column-id [ PLUS [ plus-num ] ] } |}] }
[{| { PLUS [ plus-num ] } |}] }
[{| ERASE [TO END OF] { SCREEN } |}] } ...
[{| { LINE } |}] }
[{| WITH BELL |}] }
[{| UNDERLINED |}] }
[{| BOLD |}] }
[{| WITH BLINKING |}] }
[{| REVERSED |}] }
[{| WITH CONVERSION |}] }
[ WITH NO ADVANCING ]
[ END-DISPLAY ]
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