Concepts
For help on the ILE COBOL language concepts, select from the following topics.
- Characters, character-strings, words, literals, comments, and separators
- Sections and paragraphs
- Reference format for a COBOL source line (Sequence Number Area, Indicator Area, Area A, Area B, and Comment Area)
- Methods of referencing data and procedures
- Types of COBOL names and their scope
- Methods of transferring control of program flow from one statement to another statement
- User-defined data types
- Supporting Information