what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfull

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

Answer / nimsatprasad

First 2 lines are enough to minimum successfully compile
the cobol program

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. COVANSYS.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY 'COVANSYS'.
STOP RUN.

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

Answer / jraj

Its 4
Identification Division, program ID,Procedure division and
Stop Run

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

Answer / pratap

Hi All,

Only first two lines are enough for successful compilation
for a program.

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

Answer / khamuruddin mohammed

Indentification Division
program-id

That's it..pgm will compile with the above 2 lines

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

Answer / kk

hi,
just two lines enough for with out display anything.it will
successfully compiled and run

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

Answer / patrick jones

There's a little bit of 'theoretical' problem here. As a
program is 'a set of instructions to do a particular job',
the 'two line program' is not actually a program eventhough
it will be compiled successfully.

So I would go with Ans# 1.

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

Answer / vijay

technically it is mentioned a flow chart to compile the
cobol programming so i prefers that 4 lines.

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. VIJAY.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY ' ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR BRIGHTEST FEATURES'
STOP RUN.

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3 No

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