The
clear function initializes the memory values of data items defined for the external or working storage dictionary
dictionary_name. Numeric items are initialized to
notappl (blank) for external dictionaries and 0 for working storage dictionaries. Alphanumeric items are initialized to blank. The function will also set the number of occurrences of records and items to 0.
The function returns a logical value 1 (true) if successful and 0 (false) otherwise.