COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

Procedure Division Verbs
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COPY
Usage Considerations:
•
Effect of CONTINUE
A CONTINUE statement has no effect on the execution of the program.
•
Where CONTINUE Can Appear
The CONTINUE statement can appear anywhere a conditional statement or an
imperative statement can appear. The normal use is as an unused branch of an IF
statement.
COPY
COPY summons source text from a file set up as a COPY library. You can use COPY
in any division. For more information, see COPY Statement.
DELETE
DELETE removes a record from a relative or indexed file that is open in I-O mode.
file-name
is the name of a relative or indexed file that is open in I-O mode.
imperative-stmt-1
is an imperative statement to be executed when the invalid-key condition arises
during the delete operation. It is required for a file whose access mode is random
or dynamic (but prohibited for a file whose access mode is sequential) when there
is no USE procedure that applies to the file.
DELETE
file-name
RECORD
NOT
END-DELETE
INVALID
KEY
imperative-stmt-1
INVALID
KEY
imperative-stmt-2
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