Second form of divide verb, COBOL Programming

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Second form of Divide verb:

The second form of this verb is as shown below:

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In this situation the identifier-1 or numeric- literal-1 will be divided by identifier-2 or numeric-literal-2, whatever may be the situation. The result is stored in the identifier-3, identifier-4, etc.

Illustration:

DIVIDE A BY 3 GIVING C.

If the value of A is 21 then after execution of this statement C will hold 7. There is the other form of DIVIDE verb where there is a condition to store the remainder.  Its form is

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Illustration:

DIVIDE A INTO B GIVING C REMAINDER D.

If the identifier A, B, C & D are all 2-digited numbers and if they holds 05, 37, 18 & 20 respectively before the execution of the statement, then after execution of the statement, they will hold 05, 37, 07 & 02 correspondingly.


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