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Siva Naga Krishna Kishore
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Hi,
Could any one clarifies me the difference between "NEXT SENTENCE" and "CONTINUE" phrases in COBOL.
Thanks & Regards,
Kishore Kothamasu. |
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William Thompson
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| Continue continues with the next verb while next sentence skips to the next sentence, the next verb after a period. |
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sachin_star3
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| Siva Naga Krishna Kishore wrote: |
Hi,
Could any one clarifies me the difference between "NEXT SENTENCE" and "CONTINUE" phrases in COBOL.
Thanks & Regards,
Kishore Kothamasu. |
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answer:
NEXT SENTENCE: THE SENTENCE IS COLLECTION OF STATEMENTS AND IS ALWAYS END WITH PERIODE (.)
SO NEXT SENTENCE MEANS THE CONTROL PASSES TO NEXT SENTENCE AFTER THE PERIODE.
CONTINUE:- TRANSFER THE CONTROL AFTER THE END SCOPE TERMINATOR, MEANS CONTINOUS THE EXCUTION NOT CHECK THE CONDITION.
CORRECT ME IF WRONGE
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muthukannan
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Hi Kishore,
"NEXT SENTENCE" will seek for the "."...
It will execute from the next statement onwards. Say
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IF X <> 3
COMPUTE X = X+3
NEXT SENTENCE
END-IF
MOVE X TO Y.
MOVE 10 TO X
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In the above code if X is not equal to 3 then
will be performed.
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IF X <> 3
COMPUTE X = X+3
CONTINUE
END-IF
MOVE X TO Y.
MOVE 10 TO X
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In the above code if X is not equal to 3 then
will be performed.
Correct me if am wrong.
MK  |
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kaarthik6_mf
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| But u could have given same code as in example one and explained how continue works when given in that place .Two different codes makes things difficult to understand |
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kaarthik6_mf
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| am really sorry it is the same code ur 100 % rite Mk sorry for the interruption |
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sri_mf
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revel
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Hi all,
here is an example which will explain use of next sentence & continue
consider working-storage variable
01 WS-A PIC 9(02) VALUE 10.
01 WS-B PIC 9(02) VALUE 30.
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IF WS-A = 10
IF WS-B = 20
DISPLAY "WS-A : ", WS-A
ELSE
NEXT SENTENCE
END-IF
DISPLAY "RAGHAVENDRA"
END-IF. ------- Control passed
DISPLAy "SUCCESSFULL". |
On Executing above code, The Control will comes to NEXT SENTENCE because of Condition codes.
The NEXT SENTENCE will try to pass control to NEXT statement that is after period(ie after END-IF) so
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Output :
SUCCESSFULL |
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IF WS-A = 10
IF WS-B = 20
DISPLAY "WS-A : ", WS-A
ELSE
CONTINUE
END-IF ------- Control passed
DISPLAY "RAGHAVENDRA"
END-IF.
DISPLAy "SUCCESSFULL". |
On Executing above code, The Control will comes to NEXT SENTENCE because of Condition codes.
The CONTINUE will try to pass control to NEXT statement that is after SCOPE TERMINATOR (ie after END-IF) so
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Output :
RAGHVENDRA
SUCCESSFULL |
Hope you got |
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Aaru
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Raghu,
Very well explained. But there is a typo in your post.
In the second example for CONTINUE
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| On Executing above code, The Control will comes to NEXT SENTENCE because of Condition codes |
It should actually be CONTINUE instead of NEXT SENTENCE. |
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revel
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Aaru,
Thanks for correcting me  |
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suneelkanchimf
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Nicely Explained.
Thanks a lot! |
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