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

Procedure Division Verbs

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SUBTRACT

SUBTRACT computes differences between numeric values.

Form Description

SUBTRACT FROM

Subtracts one or more values from the values of one

or more identifiers and stores the results in the

identifiers; for example,

SUBTRACT A B C FROM D E

stores D - (A + B + C) in D

and stores E - (A + B + C) in E

SUBTRACT GIVING

Subtracts one or more values from the values of one

or more identifiers and stores the results in another

set of identifiers; for example,

SUBTRACT A B C FROM D GIVING E

stores D - (A + B + C) in E

SUBTRACT CORRESPONDING

Subtracts elements of one data structure from

corresponding elements of another data structure