Question

What guidelines should be followed to write a structured COBOL program?

Answer 1

Following guidelines to be following while writing Cobol program:

1. Use ‘EVALUATE’ statement for constructing cases.
2. Use scope terminators for nesting.
3. Use in-line Perform statement for writing ‘do’ constructions.
4. Use Test Before and Test After in the Perform statement while writing Do-While statements.