How to replace the GOTO statement in COBOL without changing
the structure of program. e.g. consider following code...
I.D.
E.D.
D.D.
P.D.
compute C = A + B.
GOTO para 100-display.
compute D = C - D.
GOTO 200-display.
some other logic......
........
GOTO 300-para.
......
......
GOTO 400-para.
Now I want to replacce all GOTO statements without
changing the structure and otput of program.
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / muttaiah
My Opinion is we won't be able to change GOTO with Perform
here. why because if we use perform instead of goto like
this..
compute C = A + B.
Perform para 100-display.
compute D = C - D.
Perform 200-display.
what will happen means once c value is calculated. It wil
execute 100-display para once it completes. It will
calcualte d value. which is not the case in goto. Once C
value is calculated the control is passed to 100-display
para. The control will never return and cal D value.
what say!!
Correct me if i'm wrong please
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Answer / suraj borge
Using evaluate statement
take the value of para in a variable then evaluate it for ex.
evaluate xyz
when 100 perform para-100
when 200 perform para-200
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like that we can replace the goto statement .
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Answer / krishnan a
Instead of GOTO we can use PERFORM noneed to go EVALUATE
also
compute C = A + B.
PERFORM 100-display.
compute D = C - D.
PERFORM 200-display.
some other logic......
........
PERFORM 300-para.
......
......
PERFORM 400-para.
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Answer / vani
is there any exit statement for the goto para
if it's so,it can be replaced with perform statement
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Answer / ganesh
but if there is no any condition to check for in evaluate
statement. how can we replace it using evaluate.
won't it change the structure of program if we use evaluate
statement.
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