IDENTIFICATION DIVISION Format [ HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION Format
The IDENTIFICATION DIVISION has the following format:
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In this format, the paragraph headers identify the kind of information
that each paragraph contains. Thus, in the PROGRAM-ID paragraph, you
specify the name of your program; in the AUTHOR paragraph, you generally
enter your own name.
The IDENTIFICATION DIVISION can not be abbreviated to ID DIVISION in the
contained programs within a nested program. Only the outermost
containing program can abbreviate IDENTIFICATION to ID.
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