COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Source Program Organization and Format
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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Source Program Components
Source Program Components
The components of a COBOL source program must appear in the order shown in
Table 2-1.
The END PROGRAM statement has this syntax:
Table 2-1. Source Program Components
Component
Required or
Optional? Purpose
Explained
in Section
Identification Division Required
•
To specify the program name
(required)
•
To specify your name, the date,
and the program purpose
(optional)
5
Environment Division Optional To describe the program’s
equipment and processing options
and name the files it uses (you must
change this information when you
move a COBOL program to an HP
system from another type of
system)
6
Data Division Optional To define the data that the program
uses (reserve data storage; define
data formats, types, and structures;
complete file descriptions)
7
Procedure Division Optional To specify the program activity (the
data processing)
8
END PROGRAM
statement
Depends—
see Purpose
To mark the end of the program
If you submit only one program to
the compiler at a time, the END
PROGRAM statement is optional. If
you compile several programs (one
after another or nested), the END
PROGRAM statement is required
for each program except the one
that ends last. You can use an
ENDUNIT directive instead of an
END PROGRAM statement.
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PROGRAM
.
program-name
END
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