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Communication Description Entry (↑ Statements)
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  Construct:    Communication Description Entry
 
  Function:     Creates a control block for communications
 
  Syntax:       Which format?  INPUT    OUTPUT    I-O
 
     ───CD cd-name─┬───┬─OUTPUT────────────────────────────────────
                     └FOR┘
 
      ──┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────
         └─DESTINATION COUNT─┬──┬─data-name-1─┘
                             └IS┘
 
      ──┬──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────
         └─TEXT LENGTH─┬──┬─data-name-2─┘
                       └IS┘
 
      ──┬─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────
         └─STATUS KEY─┬──┬─data-name-3─┘
                      └IS┘
 
      ──┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────1
         └─DESTINATION TABLE OCCURS integer-1─┬─────┬────────────────2
                                              └TIMES┘
 
     1─────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────
     2──────┬────────────────────────────┬─┘
             │              ┌───────────┐ │
             │              ▼           │ │
             └─INDEXED─┬──┬─index-name-1──┘
                       └BY┘
 
      ──┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────
         └─ERROR KEY─┬──┬─data-name-4─┘
                     └IS┘
 
      ──┬────────────────────────────────────────┬──. ──────────────
         └┬────────┬─DESTINATION─┬──┬─data-name-5─┘
          └SYMBOLIC┘             └IS┘
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