ALLOCATE statement
Remarks#
Allocate working storage for a BASED item, or allocate a give size of heap storage.
See also: FREE statement
ALLOCATE statement
01 pointer-var usage POINTER.
01 character-field pic x(80) BASED value "Sample".
ALLOCATE 1024 characters returning pointer-var
ALLOCATE character-field
ALLOCATE character-field INITIALIZED RETURNING pointer-varSee https://open-cobol.sourceforge.net/faq/index.html#allocate for more details.