Go to, stop run verb, COBOL Programming

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GO TO, STOP RUN:

The GO TO verb is used to completely transfer the control to elsewhere in the program.

Its form is as shown below:

GO TO procedure-name

As a result of the execution of the above statement, the control is transferred to the first statement of the paragraph or part mentioned in the process name.

Illustration:

  GO TO ERROR-ROUTINE

Assume that the ERROR-ROUTINE is a paragraph name.  The execution of the above statement will transfer the control to the initial statement in the ERROR-ROUTINE. On another hand, assume that the ERROR-ROUTINE is a section name and the FIRST-PARA is the name of the first paragraph in this section.  In the situation control will be transferred to the first statement in the FIRST-PARA. It may be noted that the GO TO FIRST-PARA is similar to the GO TO ERROR-ROUTINE. 

STOP RUN

This verb causes the extinction of the execution of the object program.  Its form is as shown below:

            STOP   RUN  

 


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