Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Version 4.1, Programming Guide


Signature information bytes: PROCEDURE DIVISION verbs

The following table shows program signature information that is part of the listing of program initialization code provided when you use the LIST compiler option.

Table 1. Signature information bytes for PROCEDURE DIVISION verbs
Byte Bit Item
9 0 ACCEPT
1 ADD
2 ALTER
3 CALL
4 CANCEL
6 CLOSE
10 0 COMPUTE
2 DELETE
4 DISPLAY
5 DIVIDE
11 1 END-PERFORM
2 ENTER
3 ENTRY
4 EXIT
5 EXEC
6 GO TO
7 IF
12 0 INITIALIZE
1 INVOKE
2 INSPECT
3 MERGE
4 MOVE
5 MULTIPLY
6 OPEN
7 PERFORM
13 0 READ
2 RELEASE
3 RETURN
4 REWRITE
5 SEARCH
7 SET
14 0 SORT
1 START
2 STOP
3 STRING
4 SUBTRACT
7 UNSTRING
15 0 USE
1 WRITE
2 CONTINUE
3 END-ADD
4 END-CALL
5 END-COMPUTE
6 END-DELETE
7 END-DIVIDE
16 0 END-EVALUATE
1 END-IF
2 END-MULTIPLY
3 END-READ
4 END-RETURN
5 END-REWRITE
6 END-SEARCH
7 END-START
17 0 END-STRING
1 END-SUBTRACT
2 END-UNSTRING
3 END-WRITE
4 GOBACK
5 EVALUATE
7 SERVICE
18 0 END-INVOKE
1 END-EXEC
2 XML
3 END-XML

Check return code: A return code greater than 4 from the compiler could mean that some of the verbs shown in the information bytes might have been discarded from the program.


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