abdul_arab

 Profile Answers by abdul_arab 

• Apr 19th, 2006

 

functions are called as Procedures in COBOL.

Like C/C++, it is also a group of statements in a unit

techieheart

• Sep 11th, 2006

 

Intrinsic functions in COBOL can be coded this way:FUNCTION FunctionName(Parameters)If your installation is using LE/370 then you can access the following functions:1. Date functions: eg... CURRENT-DATE INTEGER-OF-DATE DATE-OF-INTEGER2. Numeric: eg... SQRT SUM MODE3. String eg... UPPER-CASE LOWER-CASE

Senijor Mastrojani

 Profile Answers by Senijor Mastrojani 

• Oct 23rd, 2006

 

In C/C++ you can define the function by the arguments taken and arguments returned and request an execution of function any neccessary number of times.

In COBOL you simply use a PERFORM Paragraph-Name (TIMES, UNTIL, THRU, WHILE whichever applies) statement to reference the same code in the program a desired number of times. Using MOVE statements you can input neccessary arguments or pass them back to the logical request.