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Sections vrs Thru exit

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Chesca

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3/27/2012 11:32 AM

Hi, I am a mainframe COBOL programmer and I am used to writing a routine " PERFORM THRU EXIT. I am having hard time understanding how routines in Section work. What's the difference when you build a routine with/without section? I am animating my program, and I'd like my program to exit paragraph 3150 and go back to where it was performed. Instead, it goes to the next line/paragraph 31.

John Henley

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3/27/2012 12:49 PM

A SECTION is a grouping of paragraphs. When you PERFORM a SECTION, each paragraph is executed until an EXIT is encountered.

Chesca

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3/29/2012 3:33 PM

John, thanks a lot for the explanation. I modifed my program and it's now exiting correctly. Thank you for your prompted response!