ILE COBOL Language Reference


END PROGRAM Header

The END PROGRAM header indicates the end of a named COBOL source program. It also separates each program in a sequence of source programs. An END PROGRAM header is optional for the last program in a sequence of source programs only if that program does not contain any nested programs.

END PROGRAM Header - Format
 
>>-END PROGRAM--+-program-name-1-+--.--------------------------><
                |           (1)  |
                '-literal-1------'
 
 

Notes:

  1. IBM Extension

program-name-1
A user-defined word that must be identical to a program-name declared in a preceding PROGRAM-ID paragraph. Refer to program-name in PROGRAM-ID Paragraph for the rules for formation of the program-name.

+-------------------------------IBM Extension--------------------------------+

literal-1
Must be a nonnumeric literal. Refer to literal in PROGRAM-ID Paragraph for the rules for formation of the literal.

+----------------------------End of IBM Extension----------------------------+


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