HP 3000 Manuals

COBOL/HP-UX Language Reference for the Series 700 and 800

Identification Division 

General Description 

The Identification Division must be included in every ANSI COBOL source
program.  This division identifies both the source program and the
resultant output listing.  In addition, the user can include the date the
program is written, the date the compilation of the source program is
accomplished and such other information as desired under the paragraphs
in the general format shown below.

Organization 

Paragraph headers identify the type of information contained in the
paragraph.  The name of the program must be given in the first paragraph,
which is the PROGRAM-ID paragraph.  The other paragraphs are optional and
can be included in this division at the user's choice, in order of
presentation shown by the format on the following page.

Structure 

The following is the general format of the paragraphs in the
Identification Division and it defines the order of presentation in the
source program.

General Format 


            

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