Understanding COBOL Procedure Division: Key Verbs and Their Functions

This guide explores the basic verbs of the Procedure Division in COBOL, including Open, Close, Read, Write, Stop, and Run. It delves into essential statements like Perform, Evaluate, Move, and Arithmetic Operations such as Compute, Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide. The Open verb initiates file processing and requires specification of the type of file (Input, Output, or I-O). Understanding these functions is crucial for effective COBOL programming and file management in data processing applications.

• cobol
• procedure division
• file handling
• programming verbs
• data processing
• arithmetic operations
• coding basics
• open close

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