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Statements (↑ COBOL Language)
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  ┌──Verbs────────────────────────────────┐ ┌──Program Structure─────────┐
  │◄ACCEPT►    ◄EXIT►          ◄RESET►    │ │◄COBOL source program►      │
  │◄ADD►       ◄GENERATE►      ◄RETURN►   │ │◄Identification Division►   │
  │◄ALTER►     ◄GO TO►         ◄REWRITE►  │ │◄Source-computer►           │
  │◄CALL►      ◄GOBACK►        ◄ROLLBACK► │ │◄Environment Division►      │
  │◄CANCEL►    ◄IF►            ◄SEARCH►   │ │◄Special-names►             │
  │◄CHAIN►     ◄INITIALIZE►    ◄SEND►     │ │◄Input-output Section►      │
  │◄CLOSE►     ◄INITIATE►      ◄SET►      │ │◄File-Control (SELECT)►     │
  │◄COMMIT►    ◄INSPECT►       ◄SORT►     │ │◄Object-computer►           │
  │◄COMPUTE►   ◄MERGE►         ◄START►    │ │◄I-O-control►               │
  │◄CONTINUE►  ◄MOVE►          ◄STOP►     │ │◄Data Division►             │
  │◄DELETE►    ◄MULTIPLY►      ◄STRING►   │ │◄File Description (FD)►     │
  │◄DISABLE►   ◄NEXT SENTENCE► ◄SUBTRACT► │ │◄Sort-Merge File Descr.(SD)►│
  │◄DISPLAY►   ◄NOTE►          ◄SUPPRESS► │ │◄Data Description►          │
  │◄DIVIDE►    ◄ON►            ◄TERMINATE►│ │◄Communication Description► │
  │◄ENABLE►    ◄OPEN►          ◄TRANSFORM►│ │◄Report Description►        │
  │◄ENTER►     ◄PERFORM►       ◄UNLOCK►   │ │◄Report Group Description►  │
  │◄ENTRY►     ◄PURGE►         ◄UNSTRING► │ │◄Screen Description►        │
  │◄EVALUATE►  ◄READ►          ◄USE►      │ │◄Procedure Division►        │
  │◄EXAMINE►   ◄READY►         ◄WRITE►    │ └────────────────────────────┘
  │◄EXEC►      ◄RECEIVE►                  │
  │◄EXHIBIT►   ◄RELEASE►                  │
  └───────────────────────────────────────┘
 
 
   ┌──COPY/REPLACE───────────────────────┐  ┌──Constructs────────────────┐
   │◄COPY►      ◄REPLACE►                │  │◄Conditions►                │
   └─────────────────────────────────────┘  │◄Intrinsic Functions►       │
                                            │◄Qualification►             │
                                            │◄Reference modification►    │
                                            │◄Subscripting►              │
                                            └────────────────────────────┘
 
     These are the verbs and other principal constructs in COBOL. Select
     one to see its syntax diagram and other details.
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