WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 ispf-service pic x(08).
01 ispf-key-list pic x(60).
01 ispf-name-list pic x(60).
01 ispf-table-name pic x(08).
01 ispf-option1 pic x(08).
01 ispf-option2 pic x(08).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
move 'TBCREATE' to ispf-service
move 'TESTTBL1' to ispf-table-name
move SPACES TO ispf-name-list
move SPACES TO ispf-key-list
move '(VAR1 VAR2) ' to ispf-name-list
move ' ' to ispf-key-list
move 'NOWRITE ' to ispf-option1
move 'REPLACE ' to ispf-option2
CALL 'ISPLINK' USING ispf-service ispf-table-name
ispf-name-list ispf-key-list ispf-option1 ispf-option2.
Again, I'm not a COBOL person.