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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should
have to successfully compile and run

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / anoop

only two. identification division & program-id

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / shailendra

only the first ans is right
(ans of anoop)
because in the question is mention the minimum line
required to compile and execute

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / ravikumar. r

Identification division.
program-id. ABCDE.
Procedure division.
display 'abcd'.
stop run.

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 6 No

what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / sivakumar sekharannair

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. TEST1.
are the minumum number of lines a cobol program should have
to successfully compile and run.

Without program id the compiler gave the following error
IGYDS1003-E A "PROGRAM-ID" paragraph was not found.
Total Informational Warning Error Sever
1 1

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / abzal

anoop is right,

bcoz question asked is min. lines of code,so anoop is
right.

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / anjibabu

in #2 no need to use display statement.

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. A.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
STOP RUN.

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 2 No

what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / harish

hi i will accept both #1 and #2

#1 we will get compilation successful but in runtime
without procedure we may get some prob i am not sure

#2 answer is absolutely right buddy.....

pls correct me if anything wrong

HARISH POOMGAME SHIVAPPA(hassan,karnataka)
NIIT TECHNOLOGY
KOLKATA

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / guest

Milind , your answer is absolutely wrong .

If you compile yoru program - with a only"procedure
division - you will get belwo erros -
E A "IDENTIFICATION DIVISION" header was not found in
this program. It was assumed present.


E A "PROGRAM-ID" paragraph was not found. Program-
name "CBLNAM01" was assumed.

Otherwise - ans#1 andans#2 are absolutely
correct .

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / saravanan

#9 anjibabu answer is correct

In cobol program ID Division and procedure Division is mandontary.......

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what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run..

Answer / sagar lahulkar

I think four lines are required

Identification division
Progam I'd..
Procedure division
Display

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