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COBOL static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Vulnerabilities, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your COBOL code

Filtered: 21 rules found

convention

Impact

Clean code attribute

First level data items should follow a naming convention

consistency - identifiable

maintainability

Code Smell

MinorSonarSource default severity
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Why is this an issue?

Shared coding conventions allow teams to collaborate efficiently. This rule checks that first level data item names match a provided regular expression.

Noncompliant code example

Given an regular expression of WS-.*:

       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
            01 WRONG.                                       > Noncompliant; name doesn't match the pattern "WS-.*"
              02  LINK.                                     > Compliant; this is not first level

       LINKAGE SECTION.
             01     DFHCOMMAREA PIC X(1500).                > Compliant; the data item is defined in the LINKAGE SECTION

Compliant solution

       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
            01 WS-LINK.
              02  LINK.

       LINKAGE SECTION.
             01     DFHCOMMAREA PIC X(1500).

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