The COLUMN NUMBER Clause (Report Writer)
The COLUMN NUMBER clause identifies a printable item and specifies
the position of the item on a print line.
General Format

Syntax Rules
- The COLUMN NUMBER clause can be specified only at the elementary
level in a report group. The COLUMN NUMBER clause, if present, must appear in
or be subordinate to an entry that contains a LINE NUMBER clause.
- Within a given print line, the printable items should be defined
in ascending column number order such that each printable item defined occupies
a unique sequence of contiguous character positions.
No restrictions on the
sequence of COLUMN NUMBER clauses are enforced.
General Rules
- The COLUMN NUMBER clause indicates that the object of a SOURCE
clause or the object of a VALUE clause or the sum counter defined by a SUM
clause is to be presented on the print line. The absence of a COLUMN NUMBER
clause indicates that the entry is not to be presented on a print line.
- Integer-1 specifies the column number of the leftmost character
position of the printable item.
- The RWCS supplies space characters for all positions of a print
line that are not occupied by printable items.
- The leftmost position of the print line is considered to be
column number 1.