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rdr

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:25 pm
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Hi All,

Please let me know if SECTIONA is the only section in the program,
will controle come back to DISPLAY statement after performing the
SECTIONA???


Ex:

Procedure Division.

Perform SectionA.

Display 'After Perform'.

SECTIONA.

---------
---------
---------
---------
END OF SECTIONA.

STOP RUN.
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the_gautam

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:41 pm
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yes, obviously.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:01 pm
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rdr wrote:
Hi All,

Please let me know if SECTIONA is the only section in the program,
will controle come back to DISPLAY statement after performing the
SECTIONA???


Ex:

Procedure Division.

Perform SectionA.

Display 'After Perform'.

SECTIONA.

---------
---------
---------
---------
END OF SECTIONA.

STOP RUN.


Why don't you try running it?
Code:

Procedure Division.

Perform SectionA.

Display 'After Perform'.

SECTIONA.
     Display 'inside SECTIONA'.


Please let us know the result after you execute it. icon_smile.gif
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:44 pm
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after the return to the display command, then you will drop thru section a till you hit the stop run (which you should make - goback).
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mohitsaini
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:42 pm
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for me the output coming is

INSIDE SECTIONA

I didn't expect that ... I thought that the output would be:

INSIDE SECTIONA
AFTER PERFORM.

why is it behaving like this??
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Craq Giegerich

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:10 pm
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Is there a stop run or a goback in sectiona?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:29 pm
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Hello,


If STOP RUN or GO BACK, what is the difference???
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:41 pm
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STOP RUN stops the run unit.

GOBACK returns to caller, whether program, mvs or whatever.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:44 pm
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since you did not post your code (where is the SECTION. statement?) sorta hard to determine what you have and why. Looks like you are performing paragraphs and do you have a go to anywhere?

no more questions, post the code.......................
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:19 pm
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Hello,

Quote:
Please let me know if SECTIONA is the only section in the program,
There are no sections in the posted code.

Quote:
for me the output coming is

INSIDE SECTIONA
Not from the posted code. . .

Is there actually a question at all? As DBZ says "post the code................."
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mohitsaini
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:37 pm
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Procedure Division.

Perform SectionA.

Display 'After Perform'.

SECTIONA.
Display 'inside SECTIONA'.


When I ran the above code I got:

INSIDE SECTIONA

I didn't expect that ... I thought that the output would be:

INSIDE SECTIONA
AFTER PERFORM.

why is it behaving like this??
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Craq Giegerich

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:25 pm
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What is inside SECTIONA?
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:43 pm
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Hello,

Quote:
When I ran the above code I got:
No, you did not. . . You ran some other or additonal code.

Quote:
why is it behaving like this??
Until you post the code, no one can give you a useful answer.
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CICS Guy

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:30 am
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Doesn't COBOL generate an implicit GOBACK at the end of the a program?
Won't "END OF SECTIONA" generate a syntax error, and possibly just be ignored?
What kind of paragraph name is SECTIONA? Somewhat confusing, isn't it?

Is it time for this to fall into the OT hole?
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:34 am
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Well,

Your first post
Code:
Procedure Division.

Perform SectionA.

Display 'After Perform'.

SECTIONA.

---------
---------
---------
---------
END OF SECTIONA.

STOP RUN.


Your expected output is
Quote:
INSIDE SECTIONA
AFTER PERFORM.
I assume when you say "output", you actaully taking about DISPLAY statements of your program; if so
Quote:
INSIDE SECTIONA
was never DISPLAYed in your above code, the output you got
Quote:
INSIDE SECTIONA
is confusing.

Per your second code, the expected output make a little sense but are you sure there is no other PERFORM SECTIONA in your program. And if only one PERFORM then where do you 'instruct' the program to 'stop', as asked earlier where do you code, GO BACK or STOP RUN.

BTW, SECTIONA is not a good choice for para-name; SECTIONs have different meaning in COBOL.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:39 am
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CICS Guy wrote:
Doesn't COBOL generate an implicit GOBACK at the end of the a program?
No I think it doesn't happen. Ran a program without GO BACK (or STOP RUN), program was abended with ABEND=S000 U4038 REASON=00000001
with the following message in SYSOUT
Quote:
The flow of control in program TESTPGM proceeded beyond the last line of the program.

While the same program executes well with GO BACK.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:48 am
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Once again I'm in..

Tried the below codes:

Code:
PROCEDURE DIVISION.               
          PERFORM 0000-PARA.     
          DISPLAY"AFTER PERFORM".
                                     
0000-PARA.                       
     DISPLAY"INSIDE PARA".
     GOBACK.                       


SYSOUT:
Code:
INSIDE PARA


And the other code is:
Code:
PROCEDURE DIVISION.               
          PERFORM 0000-PARA.     
          DISPLAY"AFTER PERFORM".
    GOBACK.                       
                                 
0000-PARA.                       
     DISPLAY"INSIDE PARA".       


SYSOUT:
Code:
INSIDE PARA 
AFTER PERFORM


Check the positions of GO BACK.

Hope this helps.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:51 am
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One moment..something wrong is here..thread is started by "rdr" & followed up by "mohitsaini"....who I'm answering to... icon_confused.gif
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CICS Guy

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:08 am
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Anuj D. wrote:
One moment..something wrong is here..thread is started by "rdr" & followed up by "mohitsaini"....who I'm answering to... icon_confused.gif
There are several who confuse which ID they are signed on as....grin......
Or it just coud be that "mohitsaini" managed to duplicate "rdr"s actual (unposted) code......
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:09 am
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Possibly the same homework assignment. . .?

And if the "lesson" was actually about SECTIONs, the point was entirely missed. . .

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CICS Guy

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:46 am
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dick scherrer wrote:
And if the "lesson" was actually about SECTIONs, the point was entirely missed. . .
Missed by me too, those were paragraph names......
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:05 am
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CICS Guy wrote:
There are several who confuse which ID they are signed on as....grin......
yeah I'm still dealing with William & CICS Guy mystery... icon_razz.gif

Quote:
And if the "lesson" was actually about SECTIONs, the point was entirely missed. . .
We should have a seperate Forum for 'most confusing posts'..or a award on 'most confusing posts of the day'.. icon_biggrin.gif
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:18 am
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Anuj D. wrote:
Quote:
And if the "lesson" was actually about SECTIONs, the point was entirely missed. . .
We should have a seperate Forum for 'most confusing posts'..or a award on 'most confusing posts of the day'.. icon_biggrin.gif
A good suggestion, it is more direct than the Off Topic hole..... And heck, might be more fun.... icon_lol.gif
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:01 am
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Hi D.Sch,

The new code (with an additional display statement) that I tried is:

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
0000-MAINLINE.

PERFORM SECTIONA.

DISPLAY 'AFTER PERFORM'.

SECTIONA.
DISPLAY 'INSIDE SECTIONA'.

DISPLAY 'GOING BACK'.
GOBACK.

0000-EXIT.
EXIT.

My new sysout is:

INSIDE SECTIONA
GOING BACK
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mohitsaini
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:07 am
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Hey guys ... let me clear this up .. although the post was started by "RDR" .... but when I tried solving/running his problem/code .... I got some doubts too .... So I also participated in the discussion .... that's all ....

Plz let me know if there is any kind of format/protocol you guys follow while replying to queries.

Sorry for the confusion that was created bcoz of me.

- Mohit
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