Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

The Standard doesn't allow a NEXT SENTENCE with an END-IF (at the same level, so
this is "non-Standard". However, a number of vendors allow this (as a
documented extension).

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Richard wrote:
On Apr 24, 3:58 am, Howard Brazee <how...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've heard of, but haven't come across code that used "next sentence"
to work as "exit paragraph".

paragraph-a.
if my-account = "zzzz"
next sentence
end-if
perform a
perform b
perform c
.
paragraph-b.

I don't care for this myself. CoBOL should be clear and should avoid
"tricks" wherever possible.

It does. That is, the Cobol standard does avoid such tricks and
specifies that the above does not comply. It is only some vendors that
allow such tricks.

I was thinking that it was forbidden per the standard. I guess I haven't been
out of the scene for that long... :)


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