ILE COBOL Language Reference


Format 1 - with Sections and Paragraphs

Procedure Division - Format 1
 
>>-PROCEDURE DIVISION--+-----------------------------+---------->
                       |        .------------------. |
                       |        V                  | |
                       '-USING----| Using-phrase |-+-'
 
>--+--------------------------------------------------+--.------>
   |             (1)                                  |
   '-+-RETURNING-------+--+------------+--data-name-2-'
     '-----------------'  '-ADDRESS OF-'
     '-+-------------+-'
       |        (1)  |
       '-GIVING------'
 
>--+------------------------------------------------------+----->
   |                .----------------.                    |
   |                V                |                    |
   '-DECLARATIVES.----| Sections-2 |-+--END DECLARATIVES.-'
 
   .----------------.
   V                |
>----| Sections-1 |-+------------------------------------------><
 
Using-phrase:
 
                               .-------------.
                               V             |
|--+------------------------+----data-name-1-+------------------|
   |                   (1)  |
   +-+----+--REFERENCE------+
   | '-BY-'                 |
   |               (1)      |
   '-+----+--VALUE----------'
     '-BY-'
 
Sections-1:
 
|--section-name--SECTION--+----------------+-------------------->
                          '-segment-number-'
 
>--+---------------------------------------+--------------------|
   | .-----------------------------------. |
   | V                                   | |
   '---paragraph-name.--+--------------+-+-'
                        | .----------. |
                        | V          | |
                        '---sentence-+-'
 
Sections-2:
 
|--section-name--SECTION--+----------------+--.--USE statement.-->
                          '-segment-number-'
 
>--+---------------------------------------+--------------------|
   | .-----------------------------------. |
   | V                                   | |
   '---paragraph-name.--+--------------+-+-'
                        | .----------. |
                        | V          | |
                        '---sentence-+-'
 
 

Notes:

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