COMMAND | Uppercase commands must be entered as shown. |
COMMAND | Italics are optional entries. |
variable | Is a WORKING-STORAGE variable. |
value | Is a working storage variable or a value, or a literal. |
condition | Is an 88-level or (value NOT|=|>|>=|<|<=value) |
compute | Is an value or (value +|-|*|/|value) |
ACCEPT variable FROM device|DATE|DAY|DAY-OF-WEEK|TIME ADD value TO variable... ROUNDED ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-ADD ADD value... TO variable GIVING variable... ROUNDED ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-ADD CALL value USING BY REFERENCE variable... BY CONTENT variable... ON OVERFLOW statement END-CALL CLOSE filehandle... COMPUTE variable ROUNDED = compute ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-COMPUTE COPY filename IN library REPLACING{==pText==|value BY==pText==|value }... DELETE filehandle RECORD INVALID KEY statement NOT INVALID KEY statement END-DELETE DISPLAY value ... UPON device WITH NO ADVANCING DIVIDE value INTO|BY value GIVING variable ROUNDED REMAINDER variable ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-DIVIDE DIVIDE value INTO variable ROUNDED ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-DIVIDE EVALUATE {value|compute|TRUE|FALSE} ALSO {variable|literal-2|compute|TRUE|FALSE} {WHEN condition|ANY|TRUE|FALSE| NOT{variable|literal-3|compute} THRU {variable|literal-4|compute} } ALSO {condition|ANY|TRUE|FALSE| NOT{variable|literal-5|compute} THRU {variable|literal-6|compute} }... statement} ... WHEN OTHER statement END-EVALUATE IF condition THEN NEXT SENTENCE|statement... ELSE NEXT SENTENCE|statement... END-IF INITIALIZE variable... INSPECT variable REPLACING CHARACTERS BY value BEFORE|AFTER INITIAL value... ALL|LEADING|FIRST value BY value BEFORE|AFTER INITIAL value... INSPECT variable TALLYING variable FOR CHARACTERS BEFORE|AFTER INITIAL value... ALL|LEADING value BEFORE|AFTER INITIAL value INSPECT variable CONVERTING value TO value BEFORE|AFTER INITIAL value... MERGE filehandle-1 {ON {ASCENDING|DESCENDING} KEY SD-Element ...} ... COLLATING SEQUENCE IS ASCII|EBCDIC USING filehandle... {OUTPUT PROCEDURE IS paragraph-1 THRU paragraph-2 | GIVING filehandle...} MOVE value TO variable.... MULTIPLY variable BY value ROUNDED... ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-MULTIPLY MULTIPLY value BY value GIVING variable ROUNDED... ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-MULTIPLY OPEN INPUT filehandle... OUTPUT filehandle... I-O filehandle... EXTEND filehandle... PERFORM paragraph-1 THRU paragraph-2 value TIMES VARYING variable FROM value BY value UNTIL condition { WITH TEST BEFORE|AFTER} statement... END-PERFORM READ filehandle NEXT {INTO variable} AT END statement NOT AT END statement END-READ READ filehandle { INTO variable} KEY IS Fd-element INVALID KEY statement NOT INVALID KEY statement END-READ REWRITE FD-record { FROM FD-record} INVALID KEY statement NOT INVALID KEY statement END-REWRITE SEARCH variable VARYING {variable|index} AT END statement {WHEN condition-1 {statement|NEXT SENTENCE}} ... END-SEARCH SEARCH ALL variable AT END statement WHEN {variable = {var-3|literal-1|compute}|condition-1} AND {var-4 = {var-5|literal-2|compute}|condition-2}... {statement|NEXT SENTENCE} END-SEARCH SELECT filehandle ASSIGN TO library|device ORGANIZATION IS SEQUENTIAL|INDEXED|DYNAMIC|LINE SEQUENTIAL ACCESS MODE IS SEQUENTIAL|RANDOM|DYNAMIC RECORD KEY IS Fd-element ALTERNATE RECORD KEY IS Fd-element FILE STATUS IS variable SET index|variable... TO index|value SET index... UP|DOWN BY value SET 88-level... TO TRUE SORT SD-filehandle ON ASCENDING|DESCENDING KEY SD-element... WITH DUPLICATES IN ORDER COLLATING SEQUENCE IS ASCII|EBCDIC USING filehandle... GIVING filehandle... SORT SD-filehandle ON ASCENDING|DESCENDING KEY SD-element... WITH DUPLICATES IN ORDER COLLATING SEQUENCE IS ASCII|EBCDIC INPUT PROCEDURE IS sort-input-paragraph {THRU paragraph} OUTPUT PROCEDURE IS sort-output-paragraph {THRU paragraph} sort-input-paragraph RETURN SD-filehandle INTO variable AT END statement NOT AT END statement END-RETURN sort-output-paragraph RELEASE Sd-record FROM variable START filehandle KEY IS =|KEY IS >|KEY IS NOT <|KEY IS >= Fd-element INVALID KEY statement NOT INVALID KEY statement END-START STOP {RUN|literal-1} STRING value... DELIMITED BYvalue|SIZE ... INTO variable WITH POINTER variable ON OVERFLOW statement NOT ON OVERFLOW statement END-STRING SUBTRACT value... FROMvariable ROUNDED ... ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-SUBTRACT SUBTRACT value... FROM value GIVING variable ROUNDED ... ON SIZE ERROR statement NOT ON SIZE ERROR statement END-SUBTRACT UNSTRING variable DELIMITED BY { ALL} value {OR ALL value}... INTOvariable DELIMITER IN variable-delimiter COUNT IN variable-counter ... WITH POINTER variable-pointer TALLYING IN variable-tally ON OVERFLOW statement NOT ON OVERFLOW statement END-UNSTRING WRITE filehandle FROM Fd-record BEFORE|AFTER ADVANCING PAGE|value LINE END-WRITE WRITE filehandle FROM Fd-record INVALID KEY statement NOT INVALID KEY statement END-WRITE
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This page contains an abbreviated COBOL syntax reference for the most commonly used COBOL verbs listed in alphabetical order. You can print this page for help while programming (although online Help is better) and to refer to during quizzes.
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