COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Identification Division

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

5-2

Identification Division Syntax

PROGRAM-ID paragraph

is defined under PROGRAM-ID Paragraph.

AUTHOR paragraph

comment-entry

is any combination of characters from the ASCII character set.

The first keyword following a comment-entry must start on a program text

line that has a space character in its indicator field. This keyword must start in

area A and be preceded by space characters only.

A comment-entry cannot be continued with the hyphen convention;

however, it can be implicitly continued onto additional program text lines if area

A of those lines contains space characters only.

The compiler ignores keywords and periods in comment-entry.

The compiler copies comment-entry to the listing as is, except the one in

the DATE-COMPILED paragraph (see DATE-COMPILED Paragraph).

INSTALLATION paragraph

Note. The 1985 COBOL standard classifies the AUTHOR paragraph as obsolete, so you

are advised not to use it. Instead, use a comment, as in Example 5-2.

Note. The 1985 COBOL standard classifies the INSTALLATION paragraph as obsolete,