If statement - cobol programming, COBOL Programming

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IF STATEMENT:

The easiest form of the IF statement is 

IF condition-1 statement-1

where the condition-1 may be any one from the shown below.

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When the condition-1 becomes true then statement-1 will be executed. The Statement-1 can be an easy statement or a compound statement. If the conditions fail then control goes to the next statement.

Illustration:

1)  IF A > B DISPLAY " A IS BIG"

2)   IF BASIC-PAY  NOT  > 5000 GO TO TEST-PARA.


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