Identification Division
The Identification Division must be the first division in every COBOL source program. It names the program and may include the date the program was written, the date of compilation, and other such documentary information about the program.
The first paragraph of the Identification Division must be the PROGRAM-ID paragraph. The other paragraphs are optional, but, when written, must appear in the order shown in the format.
IBM Extension
IBM Extension The abbreviation ID DIVISION may be substituted for the
standard division header, and the optional paragraphs may be in any order.
Note: The SEU Syntax Checker requires that the first sentence of the following
paragraph headers begin on the same line as the paragraph header:
Figure 1 shows how the coding for the
Identification Division should look. End of IBM Extension- PROGRAM-ID
- AUTHOR
- INSTALLATION
- DATE-WRITTEN
- DATE-COMPILED
- SECURITY
End of IBM Extension