COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

Figure 11 Statement Examples
Table 39 Statement Types
DefinitionStatement Type
Specifies an unconditional action for the process to takeImperative
Specifies that the truth value of a condition is to be determined and that the
subsequent action of the run unit depends on this truth value
Conditional
Terminates in its explicit scope terminatorDelimited-scope
Causes the compiler to take some specific action during compilationCompiler-directing
Topics:
• Imperative Statement
• Conditional Statement
• Delimited-Scope Statement
• Scope of Statements
Imperative Statement
An imperative statement specifies an unconditional action for the process to take. Each imperative
statement begins with an imperative verb.
Table 40 Imperative Verbs
START
1
MERGEDELETE
1
ACCEPT
STARTBACKUP
3
MOVEDISPLAYADD
2
STOPMULTIPLY
2
DIVIDE
2
ALLOCATE
4
STRING
6
OPENENTER
5
ALTER
SUBTRACT
2
PERFORMEXIT
7
CALL
6
UNLOCKFILE
3
READ
8
FREE
4
CANCEL
UNLOCKRECORD
3
RELEASEGO TOCHECKPOINT
3
UNSTRING
6
REWRITE
1
INITIALIZECLOSE
230 Procedure Division