Rational Developer for System z
COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Language Reference


Section headers

In the environment and procedure divisions, a section header indicates the beginning of a series of paragraphs. For example:

INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.

In the data division, a section header indicates the beginning of an entry; for example:

FILE SECTION.

LINKAGE SECTION.

LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION.

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.

A section header must be immediately followed by a separator period.


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