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Recursion in Program

This is a discussion on Recursion in Program within the MainFrame forums, part of the Software Development category; Can a Called program execute a CALL statement that directly or indirectly calls the calling program. In other words is recursion allowed in the concept of CALL in COBOL program?...

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#1 (permalink)   10-01-2006

joel Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 73 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

Recursion in Program Can a Called program execute a CALL statement that directly or indirectly calls the calling program. In other words is recursion allowed in the concept of CALL in COBOL program?

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#2 (permalink)   10-09-2006

RajivPrasad Junior Member   Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts

Re: Recursion in Program COBOL does not allow recursion in non-recursive main programs or subprograms. Recursive calls are only allowed if you code the RECURSIVE clause on the recursively invoked program's PROGRAM-ID paragraph

#3 (permalink)   04-25-2007

praddu Junior Member   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: banglore Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

Re: Recursion in Program no ,recursion is not possible in cobol

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