COBOL (COMMON BUSINESS

ORIENTED LANGUAGE)

Overview
 COBOL Fundamentals

DAY1
 Session Plan

 Day 1:

 Introduction to COBOL

 Evolution, Features & Language Fundamentals

 Program Structure

 Data description entry

 References

 M.K.Roy and D. Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, Tata

McGraw Hill, New York, 1973.

 Nancy Stern and Robert Stern, COBOL Programming, John

Wiley & Sons, New York, 1973.

 Newcomer and Lawrence, Programming with Structured

COBOL, McGraw Hill Books, New York, 1973.
 History of COBOL

 1959 – United States Department of Defense

 1960 - COBOL initial specifications presented by CODASYL
(Conference on
Data Systems Languages)

 1964 – BASIC COBOL extended to Visual COBOL

 1968 – ANSI (American National Standards Institute) developed
American National Standard (ANS) COBOL
 1974 – ANSI published revised version of (ANS) COBOL
– Business applications needed to manipulate character as
well as numeric data
– String operations added
 1985 – COBOL 85 Standards was introduced with revised version
of COBOL-74.
 COBOL

 What does COBOL stand for?

COmmon Business Oriented Language.

 Which are target area of COBOL applications?

Defense, Aircraft, Insurance, Finance, Retail etc
(file & data oriented applications involved)

 So we can say that COBOL is basically used for writing

business applications and not for developing system
software
 COBOL – Program Structure
PROGRAM
Principal portions of a program.
There are 4 divisions –
DIVISIONS a) Identification (Required)
b) Environment (Optional)
Userc)defined
Datachunk of code
(Optional)
which consists of one/more
d) Procedure (Required)
SECTIONS paragraphs.
e.g.
User defined chunk of code
a) U000-CHECK-LOG SECTION.
which consists of one/more
b) FILE SECTION.
sentences.
PARAGRAPHS e.g.
A
a) SENTENCE consists of one or
P000-PRINT-FINAL-TOTALS.
b) PROGRAM-ID.andconsists
A
more STATEMENT
statements is of a
COBOL verb
terminated by a full stop.and an
SENTENCES
e.g. a) MOVEoperand or operands.
.21 TO VAT-RATE
RESERVEDb) WORDS
e.g.
COMPUTE VAT-AMOUNT =
SUBTRACT
PRODUCT-COST T-TAX.FROM
* VAT-RATE GROSS-
CHARACTERS
STATEMENTS PAY GIVING NET-PAY
USER DEFINED WORDS
COBOL CHARACTER SET

Overview
Character Meaning

  Space
+ Plus sign
- Minus sign or hyphen
* Asterisk
/ Forward slash or solidus
= Equal sign
$ Currency sign1
, Comma
; Semicolon
. Decimal point or period
" Quotation mark2
( Left parenthesis
) Right parenthesis
> Greater than
< Less than
: Colon
' Apostrophe
A-Z Alphabet (uppercase)
a-z Alphabet (lowercase)
0-9 Numeric characters
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION …
Compiler takes this as
Program Identifier.
PROGRAM-ID comes
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. immediately after ID
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. Division.
PROGRAM-ID. PROG1.
PROGRAM-ID. PROG1.
AUTHOR. R.R. BHATT.
AUTHOR. R.R. BHATT.
INSTALLATION. ABC CORP.
INSTALLATION. ABC CORP.
DATE-WRITTEN. 01-JAN-2005. OPTIONAL
DATE-WRITTEN. 01-JAN-2005.
DATE-COMPILED. 01-JAN-2005.
DATE-COMPILED. 01-JAN-2005.
SECURITY.
SECURITY. HIGH.
HIGH.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

CONFIGURATION SECTION INPUT-OUTPUTT SECTION

Identifies the Identifies the

computer used for resources used for
compiling of programs executing the program
 DATA DIVISION

 The DATA DIVISION is used to describe the data structures used in the program.

 There are sections in the DATA DIVISION

 FILE SECTION
 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
 LINKAGE SECTION
 REPORT SECTION
The two most commonly used components (sections) are

a) WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
Internal data structures are defined here.
b) FILE SECTION
File I/O buffer areas are defined here.
 DATA DIVISION

DATA DIVISION.
FILE SECTION.
FD INVENTORY-FILE
RECORD CONTAINS 78 CHARACTERS.
01 INVENTORY-REC.
05 IF-PART-NUMBER PIC X(09).
05 PIC X(24).
05 IF-WHSE-LOCS.
10 IF-MAIN-LOC PIC X(06).
10 IF-ALT-LOC PIC X(06).
05 PIC X(33).
FD PRINT-FILE.
01 PRINT-REC.
05 PIC X(10).
05 P-PART-NUMBER PIC X(09).
05 PIC X(05).
05 P-MAIN-LOC PIC X(06).
05 PIC X(05).
05 P-ALT-LOC PIC X(06).
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 FLAGS.
05 F-MORE-RECORDS PIC X VALUE 'Y'.
 PROCEDURE DIVISION ..

 The PROCEDURE DIVISION consists of the following

–

 Sections

 Paragraphs

 Sentences

 Statements
 PROCEDURE DIVISION
Section contain one or
Section more Paragraphs.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

0001-ACCOUNT-SECTION. Paragraph
A PARAGRAPH comprises
001-ACCOUNT-READ-PARA.
of one or more sentences
READ ACC-FILE AT END
MOVE ‘Y’ TO EOF.
MOVE TAX-REDUCT TO TAX-AMOUNT
A SENTENCE is a
001-ACCOUNT-VALIDATE-PARA.
ADD AMOUNT TO TOT-AMOUNT.
Sentences combination of one or more
statements and is
terminated by a full stop.
ACCEPT EMPLOYEE-SALARY
DISPLAY “Current Employee Salary “
EMPLOYEE-SALARY.
001-EXIT-PARA. statement
STOP RUN. A STATEMENT is a
combination of a COBOL
verb and one or more
operands.
 First COBOL program

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. FIRSTPG.
PROGRAM-ID. FIRSTPG.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
A0000-MAIN-PARA.
A0000-MAIN-PARA.
DISPLAY ‘-------------------------------’.
DISPLAY ‘-------------------------------’.
DISPLAY ‘ WELCOME TO COBOL’.
DISPLAY ‘ WELCOME TO COBOL’.
DISPLAY ‘--------------------------------’.
DISPLAY ‘--------------------------------’.
STOP RUN.
STOP RUN.
 COBOL coding sheet

Column numbers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 72 80

I
Column numbers * Area A Area B D
E
N
T

- I
F
I
/ C
A
T
I
O
N

A
R
E
A
COBOL coding sheet

Almost all COBOL compilers treat a line of COBOL code

as if it contained two distinct areas. These are -

AREA A AREA B

*) Between Column 8 to 11 *) Between Column 12 to 72

*) Division, Section, Paragraph *) All Sentences & Statements
names, FD entries & 01 start in Area B
level entries must start in
Area A
 COBOL coding rules

 Each line is considered to be made up of 80 columns.

 Columns 1 to 6 are reserved for line numbers.
Column 7 is an indicator column and has special
meaning to the compiler.

Asterisk ( * ) indicates comments

Hyphen ( - ) indicates continuation
Slash ( / ) indicates form feed
 Columns 8 to 11 are called Area A.
All COBOL DIVISIONs,
SECTIONs, paragraphs and some special entries must begin in
Area A.
 Columns 12 to 72 are called Area B. All COBOL statements must
begin in Area B.
 Columns 73 to 80 are identification area.
Basic data types

 Alphabetic ( A)
 Numeric( 9)
 Alphanumeric (X)
 Edited numeric ( Z, $)
 Edited alphanumeric(/,-)
Data names

 Are named memory locations.

 Must be described in the DATA DIVISION before

they can be used in the PROCEDURE DIVISION.

 Can be of elementary or group type.

 Can be subscripted for Arrays.

 Are user defined words .

Rules for forming User-defined words

 Can be at most 30 characters in length.

 Only alphabets, digits and hyphen are allowed.

 Blanks are not allowed.

 May not begin or end with a hyphen.

 Should not be a COBOL reserved word like

ADD,SUBTRACT,MOVE,DISPLAY etc….
 Description of data names
 All the data names used in the PROCEDURE DIVISION must be
described in the DATA DIVISION.
 The description of a data name is done with the aid of the
following –

(1) Level number

(2) PICTURE clause
(3) VALUE clause

DATA DIVISION.
01 WS-EMPL-NO PIC X(10) VALUE 1001.

LEVEL NO Data Name Picture Clause VALUE Clause

 DATA NAME  LEVEL NO

Level number

 Is used to specify the the data hierarchy.

Level Number Purpose

01 Record description and independent items
02 to 49 Fields within records and sub items
66 RENAMES clause
77 Independent items
88 Condition names
 Piture Clause

Code Meaning

9 Numeric
PICTURE
clause A Alphabetic

X Alphanumeric

V Implicit Decimal

S Sign bit
 COBOL ‘PICTURE’ Clauses

 Some examples
 PICTURE 999 a three digit (+ive only) integer
 PICTURE S999 a three digit (+ive/-ive) integer
 PICTURE XXXX a four character text item or string
 PICTURE 99V99 a +ive ‘real’ in the range 0 to 99.99
 PICTURE S9V9 a +ive/-ive ‘real’ in the range ?

 If you wish you can use the abbreviation PIC.

 Numeric values can have a maximum of 18 (eighteen) digits

(i.e. 9’s).

 The limit on string values is usually system-dependent.

 Abbreviating recurring symbols

 Recurring symbols can be specified using a ‘repeat’ factor

inside round brackets
 PIC 9(6) is equivalent to PICTURE 999999
 PIC 9(6)V99 is equivalent to PIC 999999V99
 PICTURE X(10) is equivalent to PIC XXXXXXXXXX
 PIC S9(4)V9(4) is equivalent to PIC S9999V9999
 PIC 9(18) is equivalent to PIC 999999999999999999
 Declaring DATA in COBOL

 In COBOL a variable declaration consists of a line containing the following items;

 level number.
ŒA
A data-name or identifier.
ŽA PICTURE clause.

 We can give a starting value to variables by means of an extension to the picture

clause called the value clause.

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 Num1 PIC 999 VALUE ZEROS.
01 VatRate PIC V99 VALUE .18.
01 StudentName PIC X(10) VALUE SPACES.
DATA
Num1 VatRate StudentName
Num1 VatRate StudentName
000 .18
000 .18
 Description of data names ..

VALUE clause

 Is used to assign an initial value to a elementary data item.

 The initial value can be numeric literal, non- numeric literal or

figurative constant.

 Is an optional clause.
Literals

 Literals are symbols whose value does not change in

a program.

 There are 3 types of literals namely

(1) Numeric literals.

(2) Non-numeric literals.

(3) Figurative constants.

Literals – Figurative Constants

Figurative constants Meaning

ZERO(S) or ZEROES Represents the value 0, one or

more depending on the context
SPACE(S) Represents one or more spaces
HIGH-VALUE(S) Represents the highest value
LOW-VALUE(S) Represents the lowest value
QUOTE(S) Represents single or double
quotes

ALL literal Fill With Literal

 Figurative Constants - Examples

01 GrossPay PIC 9(5)V99 VALUE 13.5.

01 GrossPay PIC 9(5)V99 VALUE 13.5.
ZERO
MOVE ZEROS TO GrossPay.
MOVEZEROES TO GrossPay.

GrossPay
0 0 0 1 3 5 0




01 StudentName PIC X(10) VALUE "MIKE".

01 StudentName PIC X(10) VALUE "MIKE".

MOVE ALL "-" TO StudentName.

MOVE ALL "-" TO StudentName.

StudentName
M I K E 
 Figurative Constants - Examples
01 GrossPay PIC 9(5)V99 VALUE 13.5.
01 GrossPay PIC 9(5)V99 VALUE 13.5.
ZERO
MOVE ZEROS TO GrossPay.
MOVEZEROES TO GrossPay.

GrossPay
0 0 0 0 0 0 0




01 StudentName PIC X(10) VALUE "MIKE".

01 StudentName PIC X(10) VALUE "MIKE".

MOVE ALL "-" TO StudentName.

MOVE ALL "-" TO StudentName.

StudentName
- - - - - - - - - -
 Group and elementary items
 In COBOL the term “group item” is used to
describe a data item which has been
further subdivided.

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(30).  A Group item is declared using a
01 EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(30). level number and a data name. It
01 EMPLOYEE-DETAILS. cannot have a picture clause.
0105EMPLOYEE-DETAILS.
EMP-NUM PIC 9(4).
0505EMP-NAME
EMP-NUM PIC
PICX(10).
9(4).
05 EMP-NAME PIC X(10).
05 EMP-DEPT PIC X(4).  Where a group item is the highest
05 EMP-DEPT
05 EMP-LOC PIC X(4).
PIC X(12). item in a data hierarchy it is
05 EMP-LOC PIC X(12). referred to as a record and uses
the level number 01.
 Picture clauses are NOT specified
for ‘group’ data items because the
size of a group item is the sum of
the sizes of its subordinate,
elementary items and its type is
always assumed to be PIC X.
 Group Items/Records - Example

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(20).
01 EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(20).
01 EMPLOYEE-DETAILS. Group item
0105EMPLOYEE-DETAILS.
EMP-NUM PIC 9(4).
0505EMP-NAME
EMP-NUM PIC
PICX(10).
9(4).
05 EMP-NAME PIC X(10).
05 EMP-DEPT PIC X(4).
05 EMP-DEPT
05 EMP-LOC PIC X(4).
PIC X(12). Sub-Items
05 EMP-LOC PIC X(12).
 Group Items/Records - Example

123456789012345678901234567890 (cols)
1234JyothiS E&R Bangalore
Data in input file
2234Archana E&R Marathi
9999Bhushan E&R C++

Variable for file read Value

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(30).
01 EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(30). 1234JyothiS
1234JyothiS
E&R Bangalore
E&R Bangalore
 Group Items/Records - Example
Data in input file
123456789012345678901234567890 (cols)
1234JyothiS E&R Bangalore
2234Archana E&R Mysore
9999Bhushan E&R Chennai

Variable for file read Value

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(30). 1234JyothiS E&R Bangalore
01 EMPLOYEE-DETAILS PIC X(30). 1234JyothiS E&R Bangalore
01 EMPLOYEE-DETAILS.
0105EMPLOYEE-DETAILS.
EMP-NUM PIC 9(4). 1234
0505EMP-NAME
EMP-NUM PIC
PICX(10).
9(4). 1234
JyothiS
05 EMP-NAME PIC X(10).
05 EMP-DEPT PIC X(4). JyothiS
05 EMP-DEPT PIC X(4). E&R
05 EMP-LOC PIC X(12). E&R
Bangalore
05 EMP-LOC PIC X(12). Bangalore
 LEVEL Numbers & DATA hierarchy

 In COBOL, Level numbers are

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. used to express data
01WORKING-STORAGE
POLICY-DETAILS.SECTION. hierarchy. The higher the
0105POLICY-DETAILS.
POLICY-NO.
05 10
POLICY-NO.
POLICY-TYP PIC X(4).
level number, the lower the
1010POLICY-LOC
POLICY-TYP PIC
PICX(2).
X(4). item is in the hierarchy.
10 POLICY-LOC
10 POLICY-ID PIC X(2).
PIC X(5).
10 POLICY-ID
05 POLICY-TYPE PIC X(5).
PIC X(10).  So Group items contain sets
05 POLICY-TYPE PIC X(10).
05 POLICY-EXPDT PIC X(10). of elementary items with
05 POLICY-EXPDT PIC X(10). lower level numbers. At the
lowest level the data is
completely atomic.
Description of data names

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-REGNO PIC X(5).
01 WS-NAME.
05 WS-FIRST-NAME PIC A(15).
05 WS-MID-NAME PIC A(15).
05 WS-LAST-NAME PIC A(10).
01 WS-AGE PIC 99V99.
01 WS-SCHOLARSHIP PIC 9(4) VALUE 1000.
 Group
Items/Records

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
WORKING-STORAGE
01 StudentDetailsSECTION. PIC X(26).
01 StudentDetails PIC X(26).

StudentDetails
H E N N E S S Y R M 9 2 3 0 1 6 5 L M 5 1 0 5 5 0 F
 Group
Items/Records

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
WORKING-STORAGE
01 SECTION.
StudentDetails.
01 02
StudentDetails.
StudentName PIC X(10).
02 StudentId
02 StudentName PIC9(7).
PIC X(10).
02 StudentId
02 CourseCode PIC 9(7).
PIC X(4).
02 Grant
02 CourseCode PIC9(4).
PIC X(4).
02 Grant
02 Gender PIC 9(4).
PIC X.
02 Gender PIC X.

StudentDetails
H EN N E S S Y RM 9 2 3 0 1 6 5 L M 5 1 0 5 5 0 F
StudentName StudentId CourseCode Grant Gender
 Group
Items/Records

WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
WORKING-STORAGE
01 SECTION.
StudentDetails.
01 02
StudentDetails.
StudentName.
02 03
StudentName.
Surname PIC X(8).
03 Surname
03 Initials PICXX.
PIC X(8).
03 Initials
02 StudentId PIC9(7).
PIC XX.
02 StudentId
02 CourseCode PIC 9(7).
PIC X(4).
02 Grant
02 CourseCode PIC9(4).
PIC X(4).
02 Grant
02 Gender PIC 9(4).
PIC X.
02 Gender PIC X.

StudentDetails
H EN N E S S Y RM 9 2 3 0 1 6 5 L M 5 1 0 5 5 0 F
StudentName StudentId CourseCode Grant Gender
Surname Initials
MOVE VERB

Overview
 The MOVE Verb

Identifier 
MOVE   TO  Identifier  ...
 Literal 
 MOVE copies data from the source identifier or literal to one
or more destination identifiers.

 MOVE copies data to Group or elementary data items.

 MOVE always performs LEFT JUSTIFICATION to Character

 MOVE always perform RIGHT JUSTIFICATION to Numeric

data.

 When data is MOVEd into an item the contents of the item

are completely replaced.

 If the source data is too small to fill the destination

item entirely the remaining area is zero or space filled.
 MOVEing
Data

MOVE “RYAN” TO Surname.

MOVE “RYAN” TO Surname.
MOVE “FITZPATRICK” TO Surname.
MOVE “FITZPATRICK” TO Surname.

01 Surname PIC X(8).

C O U G H L A N
 MOVEing
Data

MOVE “RYAN” TO Surname.

MOVE “RYAN” TO Surname.
MOVE “FITZPATRICK” TO Surname.
MOVE “FITZPATRICK” TO Surname.

01 Surname PIC X(8).

R Y A N
 MOVEing
Data

MOVE “RYAN” TO Surname.

MOVE “RYAN” TO Surname.
MOVE “FITZPATRICK” TO Surname.
MOVE “FITZPATRICK” TO Surname.

01 Surname PIC X(8).

F I T Z P A T R I C K
 MOVEing to a numeric item.

 When the destination item is numeric, or edited numeric, then

data is aligned along the decimal point with zero filling or
truncation as necessary.

 When the decimal point is not explicitly specified in either the

source or destination items, the item is treated as if it had an
assumed decimal point immediately after its rightmost character.
01 GrossPay PIC 9(4)V99.

GrossPay
MOVE ZEROS TO GrossPay.
0 0 0 0 0 0


GrossPay
MOVE 12.4 TO GrossPay.
0 0 1 24 0

GrossPay
MOVE 123.456 TO GrossPay.
0 1 2 3  4 5 6
GrossPay
MOVE 12345.757 TO GrossPay.

1 2 3 4 5  7 5 7
01 CountyPop PIC 999.
01 Price PIC 999V99.

CountyPop
MOVE 1234 TO CountyPop. 1 2 3 4


CountyPop
MOVE 12.4 TO CountyPop.
0 1 2 4


Price
MOVE 154 TO Price.
1 5 4  0 0

Price
MOVE 3552.75 TO Price.
3 5 5 2 7 5


 Before After

WS00-OUT1 0000 WS00-OUT1 3456

WS00-OUT2 000000 WS00-OUT2 345678

Before

WS00-OUT3 000000

After

WS00-OUT3 123456

Before After

WS00-OUT4 00000000 WS00-OUT4 12345678

MOVE .. example

****************************

Output SPOOL WS00-OUT1 : HARAYANA

WS00-OUT2 : HARAYANA
****************************
 The DISPLAY Verb
 Identifier    Identifier  
DISPLAY      ...
 Literal    Literal  
 UPON Mnemonic - Name  WITH NO ADVANCING
 From time to time it may be useful to display messages and data
values on the screen.

 A simple DISPLAY statement can be used to achieve this.

 A single DISPLAY can be used to display several data items or literals

or any combination of these.

 The WITH NO ADVANCING clause suppresses the carriage return/line

feed.
 The ACCEPT verb

Format 1. ACCEPT Identifier  FROM Mnemonic - name

 DATE 

 DAY 

Format 2. ACCEPT Identifier FROM  
 DAY - OF - WEEK 

 TIME 


01 CurrentDate PIC 9(6).

*01 CurrentDate
YYMMDD PIC 9(6).
* YYMMDD
01 DayOfYear PIC 9(5).
*01 DayOfYear
YYDDD PIC 9(5).
* YYDDD
01 Day0fWeek PIC 9.
*01 Day0fWeek
D (1=Monday) PIC 9.
* D (1=Monday)
01 CurrentTime PIC 9(8).
*01 CurrentTime
HHMMSSss s = S/100 PIC 9(8).
* HHMMSSss s = S/100
 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID.
IDENTIFICATIONAcceptAndDisplay.
DIVISION.
AUTHOR. Michael
PROGRAM-ID. Coughlan.
AcceptAndDisplay.
AUTHOR. Michael Coughlan.
Run of Accept and Display program DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE
DATA DIVISION. SECTION.
Enter student details using template below 01WORKING-STORAGE
StudentDetails.SECTION.
Enter student details using template below 0102StudentDetails.
StudentName.
NNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSCCCCGGGGS 02 03StudentName.
Surname PIC X(8).
NNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSCCCCGGGGS
COUGHLANMS9476532LM511245M 0303Initials
Surname PIC
PICXX.
X(8).
COUGHLANMS9476532LM511245M 02 StudentId
03 Initials PIC
PIC9(7).
XX.
Name is MS COUGHLAN 0202 CourseCode
StudentId PIC
PICX(4).
9(7).
Nameisis24MS01COUGHLAN
Date 94 0202 Grant
CourseCode PIC
PIC9(4).
X(4).
Date is
is day
24 01 0202 Gender
Grant PIC
PICX.9(4).
Today 02494of the year 02 Gender PIC X.
Today
The timeisisday 024 of the year
22:23 01 CurrentDate.
The time is 22:23 02 CurrentYear
01 CurrentDate. PIC 99.
0202 CurrentMonth
CurrentYear PIC
PIC99.
99.
0202 CurrentDay
CurrentMonth PIC
PIC99.
99.
02 CurrentDay PIC 99.
01 DayOfYear.
0102DayOfYear.
FILLER PIC 99.
0202 YearDay
FILLER PIC
PIC9(3).
99.
02 YearDay PIC 9(3).
01 CurrentTime.
0102CurrentTime.
CurrentHour PIC 99.
0202 CurrentMinute
CurrentHour PIC
PIC99.
99.
0202 FILLER
CurrentMinute PIC PIC9(4).
99.
02 FILLER PIC 9(4).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
Begin.
Begin.
DISPLAY "Enter student details using template below".
DISPLAY"NNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSCCCCGGGGS
DISPLAY "Enter student details using template below". ".
ACCEPT
DISPLAYStudentDetails.
"NNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSCCCCGGGGS ".
ACCEPT CurrentDate
ACCEPT StudentDetails.
FROM DATE.
ACCEPT DayOfYear
ACCEPT CurrentDate
FROMFROM
DAY.DATE.
ACCEPT CurrentTime
ACCEPT DayOfYear FROM
FROM DAY.
TIME.
ACCEPT "Name
DISPLAY CurrentTime FROM TIME.
is ", Initials SPACE Surname.
DISPLAY
DISPLAY"Date
"Nameisis" ",
CurrentDay
Initials SPACE
SPACE CurrentMonth
Surname. SPACE CurrentYear.
DISPLAY"Today
DISPLAY "Date is
is day
" CurrentDay
" YearDay SPACE CurrentMonth
" of the year". SPACE CurrentYear.
DISPLAY"The
DISPLAY "Today
timeisisday " YearDay " ":"
" CurrentHour of the year".
CurrentMinute.
DISPLAY
STOP RUN. "The time is " CurrentHour ":" CurrentMinute.
STOP RUN.
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