You can specify the parameters, both passed to a member and items returned, in either the method signature or the procedure division header. If the parameters are specified in the method signature, the procedure division header must be omitted from the method.
See
method signature for more information about parameter specification.
procedure-division-header
See the Core sample, which is available from
Start > All Programs > Micro Focus Visual COBOL > Samples
, under
COBOL for JVM
(Windows) or
$COBDIR/demo (UNIX).