dlaski

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• Jan 17th, 2009

 

Identification division,
Environment division,
Data division,
Procedure division

kapil23

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• Mar 14th, 2009

 

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.

sandeepvudutala

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• Mar 21st, 2009

 

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.

kylashrao

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• Jun 4th, 2009

 

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

marialeninraj84

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• Jul 29th, 2009

 

Identification, Environment, Data and Procedure divisions.

milindbhalerao4u

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• Aug 5th, 2009

 

Identification,Environment,Data,Procedure

venkat65318

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• Sep 13th, 2009

 

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

jenev_11

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• Jan 5th, 2010

 

The 4 Divisions are,

Identification Division.
Program-Id.
Author.
Date Compiled.
Security.

Environment Division.
Configuration Section.
Source Computer.
Object Computer.
IO Section.
IO control.
File Control.

Data Division.
File Section.
Working-storage Section.
Linkage Section.
Report Section.
Screen Section.

Procedure Division.

samiuddinarif

 Profile Answers by samiuddinarif 

• Jun 25th, 2010

 

Identification Division.
Environment Division.
Data Division.
Procudure Division.
All Division must start at 8th Column.

mandadilaxman

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• Feb 3rd, 2011

 

COBOL divisions is 

  1. Identification division

  2. Environmeent division.

  3. Data division.

  4. Procedure division.

Nithya

• May 10th, 2012

 

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION */ mandatory
*/should contain PROGRAM-ID
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION */Not mandatory(alliases assigned to external devices
files/command sequences)
DATA DIVISION */ Contains the description of the data-items that need
*/to be processed
PROCEDURE DIVISION */Mandatory Contains the algorithms to manipulate
the data

saurabh bandyopadhyay

• May 25th, 2012

 

There is another section in Data division; named as LOCAL-STORAGE SECTION.

For a recursive cobol program, you need to use that section to hold the current values of each variable while the program run.

Regards,
Saurabh Bandyopadhyay.
Mainframe Developer, India.