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

means store A /B into C.
• Precision
For information on the precision of HP COBOL division, see Arithmetic Precision (page 261).
DIVIDE GIVING REMAINDER
DIVIDE GIVING REMAINDER divides one data item into another data item and stores the quotient
and remainder in specified data items.
divisor
is the identifier of the elementary numeric data item or numeric literal that is the divisor.
dividend
is the identifier of an elementary numeric data item that is the dividend.
quotient
is the identifier of the elementary numeric item or elementary numeric edited data item in which
the quotient is to be stored.
ROUNDED
specifies that quotient is to be rounded before being stored.
remainder
is the identifier of an elementary numeric or elementary numeric edited data item where the
remainder is stored.
imperative-stmt-1
is an imperative statement for the process to execute if it detects a size error in the division or
in storing the result.
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