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

but PERFORM CHECK-THE-INPUT returns control immediately to the statement following the
PERFORM.
• Paragraph Form Only for Use With the ALTER Statement
There is a simpler form of the paragraph used in conjunction with an ALTER statement. For
details, see ALTER (page 291).
Sections
A section groups related sentences and paragraphs together and identifies them by one name.
Using the name, GO TO, PERFORM, SORT and MERGE statements can transfer control to the
section.
section-name
is either a COBOL word consisting of up to 30 alphanumeric characters or an integer of up
to 30 digits.
segment-number
is a numeric literal of 1 or 2 digits.
sentence
is described in Sentences.
paragraph
is described in Paragraphs.
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