Microsoft KB Archive/21289

ALPHABETIC Feature Does Not Recognize Lowercase Letters

PSS ID Number: Q21289 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

2.00 2.10 2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: The ALPHABETIC feature of MS-DOS COBOL does not recognize lowercase letters as alphabetic. This feature is in accordance with the 1974 ANSI standard. For more information on this subject, please refer to Page 230 of the “Microsoft COBOL Compiler Reference Manual.”

Additional reference words: 2.00 2.10 2.20 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.