Controls whether a period following END-EXEC is treated as part of that statement when there are separating spaces, lines or comments.
Restriction: The Integrated Preprocessor is supported for native COBOL only.
Syntax:
>>---EXECPERIOD"arg"---><
Parameters:
- arg
- arg must be one of:
- INCLUDE
- Always includes the period as part of the EXEC statement.
- EXCLUDE
- Always excludes the period from the EXEC statement.
- SMART
- Includes the period for EXECs in the DATA DIVISION. Excludes the period for EXECs in the PROCEDURE DIVISION.
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Properties:
| Default:
|
EXECPERIOD"SMART"
|
Comments:
Periods that immediately follow END-EXEC are always treated as part of the EXEC statement.
An example of when this directive is important is when a paragraph or section header follows the EXEC statement, as the header requires a preceding terminating period.
