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DICTCDE NAMING CONSIDERATIONS When an entity is extracted from the Dictionary, DICTCDE checks that the entity name is compatible with COBOL. If the entity name defined in the Dictionary is an illegal COBOL name or the entity name is a COBOL reserved word, an error message will be issued, and DICTCDE will convert the names to legal COBOL names. Note that the names generated by DICTCDE will not be reflected in the Dictionary. The following describes how DICTCDE converts entity names that are not compatible with COBOL. If the entity name, as defined in the Dictionary, begins with a hyphen, DICTCDE will add an X- to the beginning of the entity name. Suppose the entity name in the Dictionary is: -STOCK the following COBOL name will be generated: X--STOCK If the entity name, as defined in the Dictionary, ends with a hyphen, DICTCDE will add an -X to the end of the entity name. Suppose the entity name in the Dictionary is: CUSTSTOCK- the following COBOL name will be generated: CUSTSTOCK--X If the entity name extracted from the Dictionary is a COBOL reserved word, DICTCDE will add an X- to the beginning of the word. Also, DICTCDE prints a comment next to the generated entity to inform you that this entity name is a COBOL reserved word. For example, if the entity is defined in the Dictionary as FILE, the following code will be generated: X-FILE Also, if the entity name contains any invalid COBOL characters, those characters will be replaced with a hyphen.