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  The OCTA attribute specifies the amount of storage in  octawords
  to be received by the object.

  Syntax:

     OCTA [[( n )]]

  The optional constant  'n'  indicates  the  number  of  octaword
  storage  units.  It must denote a positive integer.  If you omit
  'n', the default value is 1.

  See the  "Compaq  Pascal  Language  Reference  Manual"  for  the
  complete description of using the OCTA attribute.