How to use " FOR " loop in COBOL

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shivakumar
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How to use " FOR " loop in COBOL

Post by shivakumar » Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:46 pm

Hi,

Please let me know how to use for loop iternation
in COBOL with example

Eagerly waiting for response

With regards
shiva
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mkk157
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Post by mkk157 » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:49 am

Hi Shivakumar,

Welcome to the Forum.

The FOR loop in C Language is handled by PERFORM statement in COBOL language.


See the below link for more information.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocente ... psperf.htm
Kumar
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sai
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Post by sai » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:09 pm

HI
There are various types of perform statements in which for loop is handled so we can't directly use for loop in cobol.
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