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

multiplicand
is a numeric literal or the identifier of an elementary numeric data item.
multiplier
is a numeric literal or the identifier of an elementary numeric data item.
result
is the identifier of an elementary numeric or numeric edited data item that is to receive the
product.
ROUNDED
specifies that the product is to be rounded before being stored in result.
imperative-stmt-1
is an imperative statement to be executed when a size error is detected in the multiplication
or in storing the product in result.
imperative-stmt-2
is an imperative statement to be executed when no size error is detected in the multiplication
or in storing the product in result.
END-MULTIPLY
ends the scope of the MULTIPLY statement and makes it a delimited-scope statement. If you
omit END-MULTIPLY but include the SIZE ERROR or NOT SIZE ERROR phrase, the MULTIPLY
statement is a conditional statement and ends at the next period separator.
Usage Considerations:
• Mathematics
The statement
MULTIPLY A BY B GIVING C D E
374 Procedure Division Verbs