The QUALIFY command establishes a new default identifier qualification. The default value is AT FIRST. When an identifier specification is encountered that does not have an explicit identifier qualification, the default identifier qualification is used to locate the identifier.

When an identifier specification has an explicit identifier qualification, the default qualification is overridden rather than supplemented.

Syntax

── QUALIFY ─┬────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┤
            └─<identifier qualification>─┘

Explanation

QUALIFY

Displays the current default identifier qualification.

QUALIFY <identifier qualification>

Establishes the identifier qualification as the default to be used when an identifier specification is encountered that does not have an explicit identifier qualification.

Example

The following example establishes the procedure TWO as the default identifier qualification. OF TWO is used to qualify any identifier specification that does not already contain an explicit identifier qualification.

QUAL OF TWO