Periods in COBOL.

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Post #197,867

by static

3/9/05 9:55:29 PM

Periods in COBOL.

The language was extended somewhat from the original designs and the way the period ends IF statements and such happened a bit by accident. It causes just the sort of bugs you're seeing now.

Looking [link|http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/AM0C1002/CCONTENTS?DT=19921218100410|http://publibz.bould...DT=19921218100410] I see that the *both* IFs are terminated by the single period. Your Russian colleague is correct. Technically, your nested IF is not legal.

Other IBM COBOL resources: [link|http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/AM0C1002/CCONTENTS?DT=19921218100410|http://publibz.bould...DT=19921218100410]

Wade.

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Please

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Post #197,869

by broomberg

3/9/05 10:10:01 PM

Thanks

\n Note:  When the ELSE phrase is omitted, all statements following the\n   condition and preceding the corresponding END-IF or the separator period\n   for the sentence are considered to be part of statement-1.\n

10,000 line of code.

Not one END-IF.

Kill me now.

Post #197,870

by imric

3/9/05 10:43:12 PM

When I said 'I think'

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Post #197,881

by static

3/10/05 12:39:46 AM

END-IF is relatively new.

I do remember my COBOL days enough to recall that as soon as you use nearly anything added to it after the original design - like nested IFs - it goes hairy.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.

Evil COBOL question - (broomberg) - (19) - March 9, 2005, 03:15:33 PM EST

Somewhere around 1967? -NT - (ChrisR) - March 9, 2005, 04:04:35 PM EST

Isn't COBOL scoped by indentation? - (ben_tilly) - (2) - March 9, 2005, 04:39:10 PM EST

No. By "PERIOD" -NT - (broomberg) - (1) - March 9, 2005, 06:35:22 PM EST

A pox upon you for even knowing that. -NT - (mmoffitt) - March 9, 2005, 07:29:53 PM EST

MOVE CUCBOM-KIT (BKI) TO OUT-KIT-NAME. - (imric) - March 9, 2005, 04:40:39 PM EST

C'mon people - (broomberg) - (11) - March 9, 2005, 09:20:18 PM EST

Can't you write a small test program and experiment? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (3) - March 9, 2005, 09:32:45 PM EST

Too ignorant - (broomberg) - (2) - March 9, 2005, 10:04:53 PM EST

Re: Too ignorant - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 9, 2005, 11:21:14 PM EST

Nested if... -NT - (imric) - March 10, 2005, 08:02:33 AM EST

Periods in COBOL. - (static) - (3) - March 9, 2005, 09:55:29 PM EST

Thanks - (broomberg) - (2) - March 9, 2005, 10:10:01 PM EST

When I said 'I think' - (imric) - March 9, 2005, 10:43:12 PM EST

END-IF is relatively new. - (static) - March 10, 2005, 12:39:46 AM EST

You need Meerkat's COBOL-fu. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 9, 2005, 11:02:49 PM EST

Darnit, I've been a bit slow to catch up :( -NT - (Meerkat) - March 15, 2005, 04:59:04 AM EST

Ш сфт щаау - (Arkadiy) - March 9, 2005, 11:04:56 PM EST

Dupe - ignore - (broomberg) - March 9, 2005, 09:22:02 PM EST

<obCrackMonkey>Ha Ha COBOL</obCrackMonkey> -NT - (pwhysall) - March 10, 2005, 01:02:33 AM EST

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