Minimum how many Number of Paragraphs are there in ID-
Divison?
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Answer / asmara
It is the first Divsion, where IDENTIFICATION DIVISION have
minimum One Paragraphs and the remaining paragraphs are
optional.
ID-DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. TEST1. -this one is the first paragraph
AUTHOR-ID.-----remaining all are optional
if any update information post to me.
Best Regards,
Asmara
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Answer / anantha nag.k
UNDER THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION WE CAN WRITE UP TO 6
PARAGRAPHS
1.PROGRAM-ID.
2.AUTHOR.
3.INSTILLATION.
4.DATE-WRITTEN.
5.DATE-COMPILED.
6.SECURITY.
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Answer / chakravarthi
Shilpa you are wrong. Identification division contains
paragraphs. PROGRAM-ID is a para name ok thats y we put a
space after PROGRAM-ID. R u getting me.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. PROGRAM NAME(SHOULE BE 8 CHARACTER).
Check clearly there is a space after PROGRAM-ID.
Also there are other paras in IDENTIFICATION divison which
are optional as ASMARA said.
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Answer / sivakumar sekharannair
Minimum number of paras that is required under aid-division
is one
becasue
PROGRAM-ID. is a must under identification. without which
the program will not execute.
all other paras are optional only.
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Answer / shilpa
the identatification division contain no paragraph. the
identatification divison is the first division and the
program is identatified here. it contains mailnly
IDENTATIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID.PROGRAM NAME(SHOULE BE 8 CHARACTER).
AUTHOR-PROGRAMMER NAME.
DATE OF WRITTEN-
DATE OF COMPILED-
DATE OF INSTALLATION-
SECURITY-
THESE STATEMENT ARE NOT COMPULSORY BUT IDENTATIFICATION
DIVISION AND PROGRAM ID IS MUST.
BUT WE MAINTAIN ALL THESE DATA FOR HISTORY PURPOSE.
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Answer / praveen bejjanki
@prasenjit,
for what reason are you asking us to refer the link
provided. It's having info related to some installations.
No way related to our question.
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