COBOL Verbs

To query a COBOL verb, enter a query of the following form in the Quick Browse dialog box:

where:

verb type

Can be one of:

• One of the recognized COBOL verbs listed below:

  ACCEPT ADD ALTER CALL CANCEL CHAIN CLOSE COMMIT COMPUTE CONTINUE DELETE DISABLE DISPLAY DIVIDE ELSE ENABLE END END-EVALUATE

  END-IF END-INVOKE END-PERFORM END-SET ENTER ENTRY EVALUATE EXAMINE EXEC EXECUTE EXHIBIT EXIT GENERATE GO GOBACK IF INITIALIZE INITIATE

  INSPECT INVOKE MERGE MOVE MULTIPLY NEXT NOTE ON OPEN OTHERWISE PERFORM READ READY RECEIVE RECOVER RELEASE RESET RETURN

  REWRITE ROLLBACK SEARCH SEND SERVICE SET SORT START STOP STRING SUBTRACT SUPPRESS TERMINATE TRANSFORM UNLOCK UNSTRING WHEN WRITE

• One of the following words that refers to COBOL syntax:

  Word	Syntax
  DEPENDING	GO TO ... DEPENDING ON ..
  EXCEPTION	Exception conditions such as ON SIZE ERROR and AT END
  EXIT-PROGRAM	EXIT PROGRAM (not EXIT)
  INLINE	In-line PERFORM statements
  PREPROCESSED	Statements that have been replaced by an integrated preprocessor
  STOP-RUN	STOP RUN (not STOP "message")
  THRU	PERFORM ... THRU
  WHEN-OTHER	WHEN OTHER (not WHEN)
  EXIT-PERFORM	EXIT PERFORM
  EXIT-CYCLE	EXIT PERFORM CYCLE
  EXIT-PARA	EXIT PARAGRAPH
  EXIT-SECTION	EXIT SECTION

• One of the following words that identifies groups of verbs:

  Word	Group of Verbs
  ARITH	Arithmetic statements: COMPUTE, ADD, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE, and SUBTRACT.
  END-SCOPE	ANSI'85 END-verbs. For example, END-IF and END-READ.
  I-O	File operations: OPEN, CLOSE, READ, WRITE, DELETE, START, and REWRITE.
  PGMEXIT	Program exits: STOP RUN, EXIT PROGRAM, and GOBACK.

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