Monday, June 16, 2008

Four Divisions

At the top of the COBOL hierarchy are the four divisions. These divide the program into distinct structural elements. Although some of the divisions may be omitted, the sequence in which they are specified is fixed, and must follow the order below.

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
Contains program information

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
Contains environment information

DATA DIVISION
Contains data descriptions

PROCEDURE DIVISION
Contain the program algorithms

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