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Revised 2017-06-07 for version 12.15 Contents RM/COBOL Commands ........................................................................... 1 Compile Command .................................................................................................................... 1 Runtime Command .................................................................................................................... 3 Debug Command ....................................................................................................................... 4 RM/COBOL Language Syntax ................................................................. 9 Source Program General Format ................................................................................................ 9 Identification Division General Format ..................................................................................... 9 Environment Division General Format .................................................................................... 10 File Control Entry General Formats ................................................................................. 12 Data Division General Format ................................................................................................. 14 file-description-entry ........................................................................................................ 15 sort-merge-file-description-entry ...................................................................................... 15 record-description-entry.................................................................................................... 16 77-level-description-entry ................................................................................................. 16 data-description-entry ....................................................................................................... 16 communication-description-entry ..................................................................................... 19 screen-description-entry.................................................................................................... 20 Procedure Division General Formats ....................................................................................... 23 Procedure Division Verbs ........................................................................................................ 24 ACCEPT Statement .......................................................................................................... 24 ADD Statement ................................................................................................................. 26 ALTER Statement ............................................................................................................ 27 CALL Statement ............................................................................................................... 27 CALL PROGRAM Statement .......................................................................................... 28 CANCEL Statement ......................................................................................................... 28 CLOSE Statement ............................................................................................................. 29 COMPUTE Statement ...................................................................................................... 29 CONTINUE Statement ..................................................................................................... 29 DELETE Statement .......................................................................................................... 29 DELETE FILE Statement ................................................................................................. 29 DISABLE Statement ........................................................................................................ 30 DISPLAY Statement ........................................................................................................ 30 DIVIDE Statement ............................................................................................................ 32 ENABLE Statement .......................................................................................................... 33 ENTER Statement ............................................................................................................ 33 EVALUATE Statement .................................................................................................... 34 EXIT Statement ................................................................................................................ 34 GOBACK Statement ........................................................................................................ 35 GO TO Statement ............................................................................................................. 35 IF Statement ...................................................................................................................... 35 INITIALIZE Statement..................................................................................................... 36 INSPECT Statement ......................................................................................................... 36 RM/COBOL Syntax Summary iii Contents MERGE Statement ........................................................................................................... 38 MOVE Statement .............................................................................................................. 38 MULTIPLY Statement ..................................................................................................... 38 OPEN Statement ............................................................................................................... 39 PERFORM Statement ....................................................................................................... 39 PURGE Statement ............................................................................................................ 41 READ Statement .............................................................................................................. 41 RECEIVE Statement ........................................................................................................ 41 RELEASE Statement ........................................................................................................ 42 RETURN Statement ......................................................................................................... 42 REWRITE Statement ........................................................................................................ 42 SEARCH Statement .......................................................................................................... 42 SEND Statement ............................................................................................................... 43 SET Statement .................................................................................................................. 44 SORT Statement ............................................................................................................... 45 START Statement ............................................................................................................. 46 STOP Statement................................................................................................................ 46 STRING Statement ........................................................................................................... 47 SUBTRACT Statement..................................................................................................... 47 UNLOCK Statement ......................................................................................................... 48 UNSTRING Statement ..................................................................................................... 48 USE Statement .................................................................................................................. 49 WRITE Statement ............................................................................................................. 49 END PROGRAM Header General Format .............................................................................. 50 COPY and REPLACE Statement General Formats ................................................................. 50 General Formats for Conditions ............................................................................................... 51 General Formats for Qualification ........................................................................................... 53 Miscellaneous Formats ............................................................................................................ 54 Sentence ............................................................................................................................ 54 Statement Sequence .........................................................................................................