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sandhyamf
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Hi,
What will happen if we dont specify STOP RUN?
What are the mandatory divisions in cobol?
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Sandhya. |
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monga
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I guess it is necessary to specify STOP RUN as that indicates a logical end to the program.
Mandatory Divisions are:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
DATA DIVISION
PROCEDURE DIVISION
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
If you do not specify STOP RUN (or GOBACK) you will most likely get an 0c1, 0c4, 001 etc abend. Depending on where your program winds up, you will fall out the bottom or hit an i/o on an un-opened file.
I ran one here and thanks to abend-aid got
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Because the program did not have a terminator (STOP, GOBACK, or EXIT),
control fell through the last instruction.
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It "knew" i fell out the bottom.
You also need an ENVIRONMENT DIVISION or you will get something like
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10 IGYDS1005-E THE "ENVIRONMENT DIVISION" HEADER WAS NOT FOUND.
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