COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

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

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Statements

A statement is a syntactically valid combination of words and symbols beginning with a

COBOL verb. Where a statement ends depends on its context.

Table 8-1. Where Statements End

Statement is … Statement ends …

in a sequence of statements

and is not the last one

immediately before the verb of the next statement

inside another statement either immediately before the keyword that begins

the next portion of a containing statement or at the

period separator that terminates its containing

sentence

isolated

or the last statement in a sequence

See Scope of Statements

Figure 8-2. Statement Examples

Table 8-2. Statement Types

Statement Type Definition

Imperative Specifies an unconditional action for the process to take

Conditional 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

Delimited-scope Terminates in its explicit scope terminator

Compiler-directing Causes the compiler to take some specific action during compilation

statement

IF SOME-COND MOVE 1 TO X MOVE 2 TO Y MOVE 3 TO Z .

ADD 1 TO A-COUNT ON SIZE ERROR DISPLAY "TILT" STOP RUN END-ADD

CLOSE MY-FILE

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statement

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