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

Procedure Division Verbs
HP COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs—520347-003
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EVALUATE
EVALUATE
EVALUATE defines a multiple-branch structure, a decision table. EVALUATE executes
a different group of statements when one or more data items or expressions have
certain sets of values.
subject-list
subject
identifier
is any identifier (it can be qualified, subscripted, or reference-modified).
literal
is any literal.
EVALUATE
subject-list
WHEN OTHER
END-EVALUATE
object-list
WHEN
no-match-imp-stmt
match-imp-stmt
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subject
ALSO subject
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identifier
literal
expression
FALSE
TRUE
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