Anatomy of an Example

  • Introduction
  • COBOL organization
  • Identification division
  • Environment division
  • Data division
  • Input data description
  • Input data format
  • Input data file description
  • Output data description
  • Output data format
  • Output data file description
  • Working storage section
  • Procedure division: Main paragraph
  • Procedure division: Opening all files
  • Procedure division: Processing data
  • Procedure division: Closing all files
  • Procedure division: Reading data