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COBOL Divisions

What are the four divisions in COBOL

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Last Update: September 16, 2009 Asked by: mearle

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Submitted by: dlaski

Identification division,
Environment division,
Data division,
Procedure division

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January 17, 2009 21:33:23

dlaski

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RE: COBOL Divisions

Identification division
Environment division
Data division
Procedure division

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March 14, 2009 00:33:52

kapil23

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RE: COBOL Divisions

Cobol program can contain Four Division

1.Identification Division.

Program-ID.[entry]

2.Environment Division.

3.Data Division.

File Section.

Working Storage Section.

4.Procedure Division.

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March 21, 2009 00:24:21

sandeepvudutala

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RE: COBOL Divisions

COBOL consists of 4 divisions

All the divisions should begin from 7 column
Identification division.
Environment division.
Data division.
Procedure division.
The order should be same as above
Every division is further divided into sections
Every section is further divided into paragraphs.

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June 04, 2009 23:14:34

kylashrao

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RE: COBOL Divisions

COBOL consists of 4 divisions

All the divisions should begin from 8 column in Area A
Identification division.
Environment division.
Data division.
Procedure division.
The order should be same as above
Every division is further divided into sections
Every section is further divided into paragraphs
Every paragraph is further divided in to sentences

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July 29, 2009 08:59:10

marialeninraj84

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RE: COBOL Divisions

Identification Environment Data and Procedure divisions.

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August 05, 2009 10:25:19

milindbhalerao4u

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RE: COBOL Divisions

Identification Environment Data Procedure

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September 13, 2009 17:04:32

venkat65318

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RE: COBOL Divisions

In Cobol there are 4 divisions.

1. Identification division or ID division
In this no setions are there. It has 5 paragraphs.
a. Progaram-id. programname
b. Author
c. Writen-date
d. Compiled-date
e. Installer

2. Environment Division
Under this there are two sub-sections
a. Configuration-section.
Source compter.
Object computer.
b. Input-Output section.
File control.
IO control.

3. Data Division
File-section.
Working-storage section.
Linkage section.
Report section.
Screen section.

4. Procedure Division

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