ILE COBOL Language Reference

This reference describes the Integrated Language Environment® COBOL (ILE COBOL) programming language. It provides information on the structure of the ILE COBOL programming language and the structure of an ILE COBOL source program. It also provides a description of all Identification Division paragraphs, Environment Division clauses, Data Division clauses, Procedure Division statements, and Compiler-Directing statements.

This book refers to other IBM® publications. These publications are listed in the Bibliography with their full title and base order number. When they are referred to in text, a shortened version of the title is used.

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