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The illustration shows the values in the select desriptor after the FETCH. They have the follwing values in order: SELN has a value of 3. SELF has a value of 3, set by DESCRIBE. SELS has three cells containing the addresses of SELSB(1), SELSB(2), and SELSB(3). SELM has three cells, each with a value of 5. SELC has three cells containing the values 5, 5, and 4. SELV has three cells containing the addresses of SELVB(1), SELVB(2), and SELVB(3). SELL has three cells containing the values 10, 5, and 9. SELT has three cells containing values 1, 1, and 1. SELI has three cells containing the addresses of SELIV(1), SELIV(2), and SELIV(3). There are also three data buffers which are addressed by the descriptor values. SELSB is an array for names of select-list items, and it has three rows and five columns. It contains the letters E, N, A, M, and E into the first row, E, M, P, N, and O into the second row, and C, O, M, and M into the third row. SELVB is an array for values of select list items, and it has three rows and 10 columns. In the first row, columns 1 through 6 contain the letters M, A, R, T, I, and N. In the second row, columns 2 through 5 contain the numbes 7, 6, 5, and 4. In the third row, columns 4 through 9 contain the characters 4, 8, 2, period, 5, and 0. SELIV is an array for values of indicators, and it has three rows and one column, all containing zeros set by FETCH.