Basics of Cobol

Simple Cobol Code :-

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.

PROGRAM-ID. HELLO.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

   DISPLAY 'Hello World'.

STOP RUN.

Program Structure :-

Programs

Division

Sections

Paragraphs

Sentences

Statements

Characters

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

A0000-FIRST-PARA SECTION.

FIRST-PARAGRAPH.

ACCEPT WS-ID            - Statement-1  -----|

MOVE '10' TO WS-ID      - Statement-2       |-- Sentence - 1

DISPLAY WS-ID           - Statement-3  -----|

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