iTS 1.0+)

Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual—426750-001

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Procedure Division

The Procedure Division includes all of the processing steps for the program. The steps

are organized into SCREEN COBOL statements and sentences, and grouped into

paragraphs, procedures, and sections.

The format of the Procedure Division is:

Division Structure

The division begins with a division header. The format of the header is:

The header must be terminated with a period separator.

The USING phrase is applicable only in a subprogram that is to execute under control of

a CALL statement that also contains a USING phrase. The identifiers in the USING

phrase must correspond in structure to the identifiers specified in the USING phrase of

the CALL statement. The number of identifiers should also correspond; however, an

error indication is given by the TCP only when the number of identifiers in the USING

phrase exceeds the number of identifiers specified in the USING phrase of the CALL

statement.

Execution begins with the first executable statement after the Procedure Division

header, excluding any declarative procedures, and continues on in logical order. The

Procedure Division header must be immediately followed by the DECLARATIVES

keyword and declarative procedures, or immediately followed by a paragraph or section

name.

During execution, control is transferred to a paragraph only at the beginning of the

paragraph. Control is passed to a sentence within a paragraph only from the

PROCEDURE DIVISION [ USING data-name [, data-name ]...] .

[ DECLARATIVES.

{ [ section-name SECTION . ]

[ paragraph-name . [ sentence ] ... ] ... } ...

{ paragraph-name . [ sentence ] ... } ...

END DECLARATIVES. ]

{ [ section-name SECTION . ]

[ paragraph-name . [ sentence ] ... ] ... } ...

{ paragraph-name . [ sentence ] ... } ...

PROCEDURE DIVISION [ USING data-name [, data-name ]...] .