Coding operands in control statements
This topic shows the types of operands that you will be coding in the control statements.
- reserved-word
- An existing reserved word.
- user-word
- A user-defined COBOL word that is not a reserved word.
- comments
- Any comments that you want to put on the same line with the control statement, or on a separate line that has an asterisk in column 1.
- COBOL-word
- A word of up to 30 characters that can be a system name, a reserved word, or a user-defined word.